Pourquoi cet homme a jeté le roi du Champion du Monde d’échecs

This video describes a tense chess match between the top two chess nations, the United States and India, in October 2025 in Texas. The match features D. Gukesh, the youngest current world champion, and Hikaru Nakamura, the world number two and highest-rated online chess player in history. Gukesh aims to prove his championship was not a fluke, while Nakamura seeks to demonstrate his prowess in bullet chess, where each player has only one minute plus one second per move. The game begins with Gukesh playing a standard opening, controlling the center and developing his pieces. Nakamura, however, takes an unconventional approach, pushing all his pawns on the queenside, including C6, to gain space. Gukesh responds by maneuvering his knight through a small opening to B8, then A6, and finally B4. As the game progresses, Nakamura falls behind on time, with 51 seconds to Gukesh's 44. Nakamura seems puzzled by Gukesh's strategy and centralizes his knight on E5. Gukesh again finds a way to redeploy his pieces, moving his bishop to D6 and his other knight to E8 then C7 to block Nakamura's dangerous C6 pawn. Nakamura decides to exchange knights, but Gukesh recaptures with a pawn, surprising the American. Gukesh then exchanges his bad bishop and, with only 37 seconds left, realizes he needs to play faster against the "king of bullet." Nakamura recognizes his disadvantage on the queenside, where Gukesh is applying pressure with his queen and rook. Under time pressure, Nakamura plays E4 to open another front. Gukesh continues to increase pressure on the queenside, targeting Nakamura's weak C6 and A4 pawns. Nakamura tries to counter with a queen and knight maneuver to threaten checkmate, but Gukesh blocks it. With both players down to 15 seconds, Gukesh wins a pawn by playing B5 and Tour C6. Nakamura sacrifices his rook to try and create complications, but Gukesh finds a brilliant defense. Nakamura then makes an incredible maneuver with his knight to E4 and C5, planting it in the middle of the board. Gukesh, with only 5 seconds left, takes the knight, opening a dangerous diagonal for Nakamura's bishop. The game becomes chaotic as both players make quick moves to avoid losing on time. Nakamura makes a shocking rook sacrifice, followed by a queen move that threatens checkmate. Gukesh makes a counter-sacrifice to deflect the queen, but Nakamura blunders with Bishop F4, making the position equal. With only one second left, Gukesh makes a move and slams his hand on the clock in frustration. Nakamura delivers checkmate, throwing Gukesh's king into the cheering crowd while waving the American flag. This unusual celebration was encouraged by the organizers, who allowed the crowd to cheer and players to interact with them, and also prohibited resignations to help beginners understand the game.