India, June 1 -- World No.1 Magnus Carlsen avenged his opening round classical defeat against Alireza Firouzja with a win with White in Round 6 of Norway Chess on Sunday. Indian players had a rough day in the tournament with all four of them - reigning world champion Gukesh, Praggnanandhaa, Divya Deshmukh and Koneru Humpy suffering losses. Humpy was the only Indian who lost in the Armageddon, while the rest went down in their classical encounters.

When asked about his ambitions before the round on a scale of 1-10, Carlsen rated it a low 1.5. In the confessional he described his response to Firouzja's opening surprise as a "proper old-guy move," taking the game into a position that was in vogue before the 22-year-old Iranian-French Grandm...