India, Oct. 30 -- Magnus Carlsen once again justified his World No. 1 ranking with a sensational win at the 2025 Clutch Chess: Champions Showdown tournament, with two games to spare. The Norwegian defeated D Gukesh twice, then beat Fabiano Caruana twice, to win the event. He also won the 120,000 dollars prize money before his final match vs Hikaru Nakamura.

Against Nakamura, he drew twice and got another 50,000 Dollars bonus in the end for a total prize money of 170,000 Dollars in three days. Caruana came second and Nakamura had to settle for third. Meanwhile, Gukesh came fourth.

After his win, Carlsen was asked about his first game against Gukesh on day 2, where he won it on the black side of a Ruy Lopez.

Speaking to the St. Louis Che...