D Gukesh leads the Super United Rapid and Blitz tournament, including a win against Magnus Carlsen. (Image: Grand Chess Tour/X)

World champion D Gukesh demonstrated his skills by winning another impressive victory against World No. 1. Magnus Carlson Zagreb, Super United Rapid and Blitz chess tournament in Croatia. This is for the second straightforward time that Gukesh has forced Carlson to resign. This time, however, there were no animated, table-tamping walks out.The victory against Carlson on Thursday marked Gukesh’s fifth consecutive win in the tournament, giving him 10 out of 12 points. This put him in the only leadership in the tournament.Go beyond the border with our YouTube channel. Subscribe now!“Beating magnesus is always special to ensure. I think it also gives a little more confidence … It is good that I can win from two losing positions, “Gukesh told the official broadcaster.Carlson’s resignation came after 49 tricks. Norwegian admitted that he was not playing well and not only credited Gukesh for beating him, but also won five wins in a row.“I have played the entire tournament in a poor way and this time I have been punished well. I had a very good situation, but he took a chance to open the situation. After that, I did not handle it well. He did not handle a lot, really, really good tricks. I got a chance to grant bail, a draw, I thought that later a couple said, I was very disappointed.”“I played poorly but all credited Gukesh. He is playing well and he is also taking his opportunities.”“He is now doing incredibly good. It is a long way to go to the tournament, but winning five games in a row is not meaningful.”

Magnus Carlson during his game during his game in the Super UNET Rapid and Blitz tournament in Zagreb, Croatia. (Image: Grand Chess Tour/X)

With the remaining three rounds in the Rapid section, Gukesh moves two points from Duda Jan-Crisisstof of Poland. Vesley of the United States has ranked third with seven points, one point from Carlson, Holland’s Aneesh Gir and third place with local player Ivan Sarik.R Pragganandha shared seventh position with American Fabiano Caruana, both at five points. France’s Alirza Firuja ranks ninth with four points, while Uzbekistan’s Nodirbek Abdusattorov sits tenth with three points.Gary kasparov Question CarlsonPlaying with black pieces, Gukesh won a memorable victory in a format against Carlson, in which he allegedly struggled. Norwegian Great despite receiving a clear benefit with the inauguration of his king Mohra, Gukesh found effective counter moves.In the game, Carlson exchanged two minor pieces for a crook and two advance pawns. However, Gukesh maintained his work and captured on Carlson’s strategic error, as the time pressure increased, won after 49 tricks.“Now we can question the domination of Magnus,” said former world champion Gary Kasparov, who was on the comment for the official stream. “This is not only his second disadvantage for Gukesh, it is a concrete disadvantage. It’s not a miracle … or that Gukesh continued to benefit from only the terrible mistakes of Magnus. It was a game that was a big fight. And Magnus lost.”Before that day, Gukesh also defeated Abdusatorov and Caruana.