India, June 3 -- Moments after D Gukesh pulled off a stunning heist on Magnus Carlsen at Norway Chess on Sunday, his coach Grzegorz Gajewski was asked what it would mean to the Indian for the remainder of the tournament.

"Well," Gajewski said, "hopefully we can break another unbreakable Arjun."

The world champion sure did. In similar style to boot, albeit not nearly as startlingly. Gukesh beat Arjun Erigaisi in Round 7 of Norway Chess to earn his first classic victory over his compatriot who, as Gajewski described, is a "very unpleasant opponent" for the world champion.

In scripting back-to-back firsts against Carlsen and Erigaisi, the 19-year-old also flipped the script on the two men who had dragged him to defeats in his first two ga...