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D. Gukesh slipped from fourth to sixth spot on the penultimate day at the Grand Chess Tour event in Saint Louis after the first nine rounds of the blitz section. Gukesh, the reigning world champion in classical chess, had four losses and as many draws while he could manage only a solitary win over American…
D. Gukesh won the rapid title of the Grand Chess Tour 2025 Rapid & Blitz in Zagreb, Croatia, on Friday. The reigning World Champion bounced back from a loss in the first round and registered five consecutive wins — including one against Magnus Carlsen — to storm into the sole lead. The 19-year-old drew in the seventh…
World champion D Gukesh beats World No. 1 on Grand Chess Tour Day 2 in Zagreb on Thursday (July 3, 2025). Photo credit: X@GrandChessTour World champion D Gukesh let his moves do the talking as he scored another impressive win over world number one Magnus Carlsen to grab the sole lead after six rounds of…
World Champion D Gukesh. File | Photo Credit: ANI World champion D Gukesh came up with two straight victories to tie for the top spot alongside world No. 1 Magnus Carlsen of Norway, Duda Jan-Krzysztof of Poland and American Wesley So at the end of the first three rounds of the Super United Rapid and…
R Praggnanandhaa and D Gukesh played out draws in Round 7 of the Grand Chess Tour: Superbet Chess Classic in Romania. However, their standings tell different stories. Praggnanandhaa currently shares the lead with three others on four points, placing him in a strong joint-fourth position. In contrast, Gukesh is yet to score, marking a surprising…
World Champion D. Gukesh will be the top-seeded player at the Grand Chess Tour Classic Romania, where he will have the opportunity to break the 2800 rating mark for the first time in his career. The tournament, starting on Wednesday, is the first classical event of the Grand Chess Tour this year. Gukesh, currently ranked…
Delivering under pressure, Indian Grandmaster Aravindh Chithambaram put it across Frenchman Alireza Firouzja in the final game to finish joint first with 11 points after the end of the rapid section of Superbet Rapid and Blitz tournament, a part of the Grand Chess Tour. The Indian wild card entrant needed to match Firouzja and Slovenian…
