<p>Home favourite <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/sports/other-sports/article/tata-steel-chess-india-magnus-carlsen-leads-star-studded-lineup-at-this-year-tournament-23414883" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"><strong>Magnus Carlsen</strong></a> beat world champion <a href="https://mid-day.com/amp/sports/other-sports/article/superbet-classic-pragg-holds-joint-lead-gukesh-loses-again-chess-23543123" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"><strong>D Gukesh</strong></a> in the opening round of Norway Chess here late on Monday.</p>
<p>Carlsen tried to unnerve Gukesh by employing the Jobava London, a rarely-used opening move.</p>
<p>But Gukesh, playing with black pieces, did not fall for the trap and &nbsp;neutralised the &nbsp;advantage by the 11th move.</p>
<p>However, Carlsen, recovered to win the contest in four hours and 56 moves.</p>
<p>Earlier, Arjun Erigaisi beat his Chinese opponent Wei Yi in Armageddon after their classical-format game ended in a draw.</p>
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Carlsen tried to unnerve Gukesh by employing the Jobava London, a rarely-used opening move

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