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Jan-Krzysztof Duda of Poland beat Magnus Carlsen in Round 5 of Norway Chess, becoming the first player to defeat the World Chess Champion in a classic game since Shakhriyar Mamedyarov surprised Magnus in Biel 2 years, 2 months ago and 10 days. Duda’s victory overshadowed the fact that the world did not. 2 Fabiano Caruana also lost, to Levon Aronian, to the Armenian no. 1 assuming the position of leader of the tournament. Second is Alireza Firouzja, 17, who won her fourth match in 5 by defeating Aryan Tari. (LATER)
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And here is the live commentary of the day from Vladimir Kramnik and Peter Svidler, with the eight-time champion of Russia filling Judit Polgar’s boots for a day.
It was a momentous day for Polish sport with 19-year-old Iga Świątek, who also won the French Open, but 22-year-old Duda’s feat was so amazing, especially as it was his first victory in an event that he said He had up to this point been one of the worst in his life! Here’s Jan-Krzysztof talking to Fiona Steil-Antoni after the game.
That game took Magnus from 1st to 3rd place, with Levon Aronian and Alireza Firouzja taking the opportunity to overtake him.
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