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Gukesh Dommaraju, the youngest world chess champion in history, made a rare appearance in the popular online tournament Titled Tuesday. Not particularly known for his play in blitz formats, the ...
Gukesh was playing in the Early Titled Tuesday tournament (there is a Late Titled Tuesday event also later in the day), where ...
It wasn’t the most memorable outing for world champion D Gukesh, who made a rare appearance in the Titled Tuesday Blitz, leaving Hikaru Nakamura shocked. But Gukesh’s latest move was well calculated, ...
On Thursday, Gukesh won the championship after beating Ding Liren. India Today. Heartbroken fan to world champion: How D Gukesh was fuelled by Anand's 2013 loss. Story by India Today Sports Desk ...
India's star chess player D Gukesh won his second individual gold medal in a row at the Chess Olympiad on Sunday, September 22. Gukesh won 9 out of his 10 games at the top board guiding India to ...
Dommaraju Gukesh, a 17-year-old Indian grandmaster, made history on Sunday: He won the Candidates Tournament in Toronto, held to select the challenger for the World Chess Championship in the ...
Gukesh won Thursday's game with the black pieces after Ding wilted under pressure and blundered in what commentators considered to be a comfortable position, snatching the title with a final score ...
Gukesh only managed draws against all the three players who finished right below him in the standings -- Fabiano Caruana, Hikaru Nakamura and Ian Nepomniachtchi -- but that was indication of ...
India's Gukesh Dommaraju became the youngest chess world champion at age 18 on Thursday, with the help of a huge mistake by title holder Ding Liren of China. Gukesh won the final in Singapore 7.5 ...
This isn't like Magnus Carlsen and Fabiano Caruana from 2018 playing draw after draw in such a way that neither player won a single game of classical chess. Gukesh and Ding are trading opportunities.
Gukesh won the Candidates tournament in April to set up the match with Ding, whose form has plummeted since he beat Russian Ian Nepomniachtchi for the title in 2023 (7-7, 2.5-1.5 on tiebreaks).