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India GM Gukesh loses to Carlsen in World Cup quarter-final at Baku

Carlsen took down Gukesh, 17, with black pieces showing his endgame mastery and gained the upperhand over the Indian prodigy

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Magnus Carlsen. Pic/AFP

Magnus Carlsen. Pic/AFP

Young Indian Grandmaster D Gukesh went down to world No.1 Magnus Carlsen in game one of their quarter-final in the FIDE World Cup chess tournament here on Tuesday.

In another last eight clash, 19-year old GM Arjun Erigaisi pulled off a win in 53 moves over 18-year old GM R Praggnanandhaa to take a big step towards a spot in the semi-final.

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