D Gukesh faces Nodirbek Abdusattorov in the opening round of the Weissenhaus event on Friday while Magnus Carlsen squares off ...
D Gukesh suffered his first defeat since being crowned the youngest world champion in chess history in December, with compatriot Arjun Erigaisi outsmarting him in 31 moves to sign off from the Tata ...
D Gukesh and Magnus Carlsen during a match. Gukesh is the reigning world chess champion, having defeated Ding Liren in Singapore. Since his win, Gukesh has become probably the most popular chess ...
After losses in Round 13, D Gukesh and R Praggnanandhaa played out a tie-breaker in the 2025 Tata Steel Chess Masters, with ...
In the third game of the tie-breaker, Praggnanandhaa copied Ding Liren’s strategy of the London System, as that was his opening. Initially, Gukesh got to a pawn-up endgame, but then he couldn ...
This was after both players ended up tied on 8.5 points after losing their 13th-round games. While Gukesh lost to fellow Indian Arjun Erigaisi, Praggnanandhaa went down to Vincent Keymer of Germany.
D Gukesh will naturally be disappointed after being unbeated right until the final round, where he was beaten by compatriots to lose the title ... he had faced against Ding Liren in his world ...
Despite initially losing due to a blunder, Praggnanandhaa's strategic brilliance and unwavering focus allowed him to secure victory in the intense and thrilling encounter. D Gukesh's reaction ...
Gukesh had been unbeaten in 12 games since triumphing over Ding Liren of China in the World Championship in Singapore in mid-December. He had white pieces, too, going into the decisive game with ...