Norway Chess 2025: Gukesh crushed, Magnus Carlsen wins title in final round 10

Stravanger, Norway | Norway Chess 2025 winner Magnus Carlsen says, "I feel great. It is a relief to win the tournament. In the end, it was such a rollercoaster, but it is good." On D Gukesh and Arjun Erigaisi, he says, "They are all very good, but they still need a little bit of time to prepare. We also have a tournament running simultaneously in Armenia, where Pragg (R Praggnanandhaa) and Aravindh Chithambaram showed very good chess... It is not a positive memory, but the game that will stick out is the game against Gukesh..."
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