[🇮🇳] Arjun Erigaisi takes down Magnus Carlsen in tense blitz clash as World No 1 smashes fist on table again

[Krishna with Flute]

Date of Event: Jan 3, 2026

Source: https://www.google.com/amp/s/indianexpress.com/article/sports/chess/world-blitz-championship-arjun-erigaisi-magnus-carlsen-table-smash-fist-10445554/lite/

Arjun Erigaisi takes down Magnus Carlsen in tense blitz clash as World No 1 smashes fist on table again​

Magnus Carlsen smashed his fist on the board after fumbling and dropping his queen to lose on time against Arjun Erigaisi at the World Blitz Championship. The World No 1 had also smashed his fist on a table after losing to world champion Gukesh in a classical game in June this year.​

• Written by Amit Kamath
• Mumbai | Updated: December 30, 2025 09:02 PM IST
  
  
  6 min read

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Arjun Erigaisi looks at a game between Magnus Carlsen and Alexander Grischuk during the FIDE World Blitz Championship in Doha on Sunday. (PHOTO: Anna Shtourman via FIDE)

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As the Magnus Carlsen vs Arjun Erigaisi game in Round 9 of the FIDE World Blitz Championship reached its heart-stopping crescendo, even the official live stream froze. When it restarted a few seconds later, Carlsen was already walking off while Arjun sat on the seat calmly resetting the board. It later became apparent that Carlsen had lost after running out of time. But in the few seconds of live coverage that were lost in a transmission glitch, there had been plenty of drama in the game between two men who had claimed gold and bronze medals at the World Rapid Championship on Sunday.

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Carlsen, who had already been forced into doing double take after double take on the board, got so low on the clock eventually that he picked up his queen to move it, but fumbled it instead in such a way that it went clattering to the ground. Just as the World No.1 tried to retrieve it, the clock ran out of time. Arjun had made one of the greatest blitz players blink. Carlsen reacted to the defeat just like he had when he had lost to Gukesh in a classical game at Norway Chess earlier in the year: by smashing a balled up fist on the board in frustration.

 

[Krishna with Flute]

Earlier, it was pragna and Gukesh. Now Arjun joins them. These teens have defeated Carlson at least 7 time to gather.

 

[Krishna with Flute]

Earlier, it was pragna and Gukesh. Now Arjun joins them. These teens have defeated Carlson at least 7 time to gather.

 

[Egyptian]

Earlier, it was pragna and Gukesh. Now Arjun joins them. These teens have defeated Carlson at least 7 time to gather.

Why did you post twice, Krish?

 

[Krishna with Flute]

Why did you post twice, Krish?

Slow uplod of reply.