Magnus Carlsen lost to Arjun Erigaysi in the Blitz Championship, hit his hand on the table in anger – VIDEO

World Blitz Championship: India’s Grandmaster Arjun Erigay defeated world number one player Magnus Carlsen in the World Blitz Championship. Carlsen’s lack of timing resulted in his defeat during the ninth round. Immediately after the loss, Carlsen could not control his anger and hit his hand on the table. He had expressed his anger of defeat in the same manner earlier also. Even after losing to D Gukesh in Norway Chess in June 2025, he hit the table hard.

During the match, Carlsen appeared slow to respond to Indian Grandmaster Arjun Erigaysi’s moves in time. When he raised the queen to run, there were only four seconds left. While picking up the queen, his hand touched it and the pawn fell down. It took time to pick up and eventually ran out of moves, causing Carlsen to lose the match. World Blitz 2024 co-champions Carlsen and Ian Nepomniachtchi have nine points on day one. Six more rounds will be played the next day to reach the semi-finals, after which the final will take place.

Video went viral on social media

Angered by the defeat and this incident, he hit the table hard. A person passing by got scared by this sudden incident and leaned towards the wall. Whereas, Arjun remained sitting peacefully on his chair. After which this video rapidly started going viral on social media. Watch the video here…

Magnus drops the queen, loses on time and slams the table 😱#RapidBlitz #NorwayChess pic.twitter.com/KHVwM5azN1

— Norway Chess (@NorwayChess) December 29, 2025

Magnus Carlsen drops his Queen and bangs the table as Arjun Erigaisi defeats him in Round 9 of FIDE World Blitz Championship 2025!

Video: @adityasurroy21 pic.twitter.com/bgwwIOa6ge

— ChessBase India (@ChessbaseIndia) December 29, 2025

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Koneru Humpy ranked 61st in women’s category

In the women’s category, two-time world rapid champion Koneru Humpy could not repeat her performance on the first day and was tied 61st with 5 points after 10 rounds. Tan Zhongyi of China is also with him. Women’s World Cup winner Divya Deshmukh is joint 30th with 6 points, while D Harika and R Vaishali are tied with 5.5 points. Five more rounds will be played in the women’s category on Tuesday, out of which the top four players will advance to the semi-finals.