India, Feb. 9 -- Reigning World Champion D Gukesh crashed to a defeat against Magnus Carlsen in the final round of the round-robin stage at the Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour first leg, at the Weissenhaus Resort in Wangels, Germany. Gukesh crumbled under pressure against the World No. 1 and was totally outplayed by Carlsen, who was playing with the black pieces.

It was the first meeting between the India No. 1 and the Norwegian, since Gukesh became world champion in December. Speaking to Take Take Take app after his win vs Gukesh, Carlsen analysed his game and felt that he put in a good show against his opponent.

"Yeah, I was... I think the game was very decent for a long time. I was very happy to get in this counterstriking in the cen...