A CHESS grandmaster has gone viral after losing his cool and slamming the table in disgust following a shock defeat.

Magnus Carlsen fumed after losing to chess world champion Gukesh Dommaraju.

After conceding defeat the world No1 slammed his fist on the table, sending pieces flying.

He then showed the presence of mind to offer a handshake to his opponent, before getting up to his feet, seemingly about to storm off.

Instead Carlsen picked up some of the fallen pieces and then patted a stunned Gukesh on the back.

Gukesh, 19, is the youngest chess world champion ever, and this was his first victory over Carlsen, the chess GOAT.

Carlsen is a five-time world champion and semi-retired in 2022, so this was just the second meeting between the pair.

The first came in the same tournament in N

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