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Chess’s great teacher, Magnus Carlsen, went viral last week when he hit his fist with frustration after he lost a classic match against Gukesh Dommaraju in the Norway Chess 2025 tournament.
Carlsen shaken Dommaraju’s hand and went to a snort.
Carlsen appeared in “Forgon My Take” by Barstool Sports and lamented his actions, explaining how he feels when he loses.
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Norwegian chess player Magnus Carlsen participates in the Energy Denmark Champions Battle 2019 in Circus Building, Copenhagen, Denmark, May 22, 2019. (Claus Bech/Ritzau Scanpix/Via Reuters)
“Part of me, sincerely, when I had that loss, I recently felt that I was so dumb and so unnecessary, and made me feel so a little washed and useless,” he said in the podcast. “My thoughts for a few days were: ‘Uugh, I’m sure I am doing this.’ When I win, it’s good.
Carlsen said losses feel worse than victories feel great.
“Unfortunately, the sad chess, as in life, is that negative feelings improve a bit,” he said. “As a really painful loss, as people could have seen in my last tournament, hits much harder than victories.
Chess Magnus Carlsen teacher attends a press conference before the free -style chess tour of free style in Paris on April 7, 2025. (Reuters/Gonzalo Fuentes)
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“Then, I will have how, I will be very satisfied with the victory often when I win. It may not always show it, but the reaction to lose is unfortunately stronger.”
Carlsen is one of the best -known chess players in the world and has a marketing empire behind him to show it. The Play Magnus application is one of the best chess applications on mobile devices.
Carlsen still occupies the first place in the Chess Standard, Blitz and Rapid, according to the World Chess Federation.
However, it has no real interest in being the “bad boy” of chess.
“I am not inspired to be a bad boy. Sometimes I think I am in a position compared to some of my classmates that I can afford not to take S —,” he said. “But, honestly, the moments that I have how to hit the table, I will usually not apologize for the outbreak at the time. While you realize after you show your opponent the proper respect.
The great Norwegian teacher Magnus Carlsen plays Chess during the sixth Tata Steel Chess India tournament in the Dhono Dhanyo Auditorium. (Images Dipayan Bose/Soup/Lightrocket through Getty Images)
“Obviously I would like to have been able to avoid that by winning the game. Honestly, I think there should also be space for that in chess. It’s a bit like breaking your racket in tennis.
