D Gukesh (Photo Credit: Stev Bonhage / Freestyle Chess) NEW DELHI: World champion D Gukesh finished in eighth position at the German leg of the Freestyle Chess Grand Slam after losing to Iranian-French grandmaster Alireza Firouzja in the seventh-place playoff match at Weissenhaus resort on Friday. The tournament proved to be a challenging one for…
D Gukesh (Credit: Freestyle Chess / Lennart Ootes) NEW DELHI: The 2025 Freestyle Chess Grand Slam kicked off at Weissenhaus on Germany’s Baltic coast, with Chess960 taking centre stage on Friday. The tournament, featuring top grandmasters, serves as a preliminary rapid event to determine the eight players advancing to the knockout phase.Indian GM D Gukesh,…
NEW DELHI: India risks losing the opportunity to host reigning World Chess Champion D Gukesh in the Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour due to a lack of investor interest. With no confirmed financial backing, tournament organizers are now considering alternative venues, TimesofIndia.com has learnt.In an exclusive interview with TimesofIndia.com ahead of the German leg of…
R Praggnanandhaa (PTI Photo) NEW DELHI: After a rest day on Thursday, the Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2025 resumed full throttle on Friday. A dramatic Round 6 unfolded, with Indian chess prodigies making their presence felt in both Masters and Challengers sections amid the chilly weather of Wijk aan Zee.Struggling with three early losses in…
NEW DELHI: In a gruelling 72-move battle, the longest game of Round 5 in the Masters section, D Gukesh had the last laugh as he got back to winning ways in the Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2025 in Wijk aan Zee on Wednesday. Playing against Vincent Keymer, a member of the team he assembled during…
R Praggnanandhaa (PTI Photo) NEW DELHI: The third round of the Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2025 delivered its fair share of excitement as R Praggnanandhaa, playing with the white pieces against India’s No. 1, Arjun Erigaisi, emerged as the star performer of the day.The match turned gripping when Arjun opted to capture Pragg’s queen with…
Tata Steel Chess Tournament Masters 2025 (Photo Credits: Jurriaan Hoefsmit) NEW DELHI: The newest World Chess Champion D Gukesh got off to an exceptional start at Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2025 by outmanoeuvring home favourite and one-time champion of the tournament, Anish Giri, in a closely-contested match, where Anish had an early advantage despite playing…
NEW DELHI: R Praggnanandhaa continued his streak of upsets by defeating world champion Ding Liren in the armageddon game at the Norway Chess tournament on Monday. This victory followed Praggnanandhaa’s impressive wins in the tournament against higher-ranked players like Magnus Carlsen and Fabiano Caruana.Despite managing to draw against Praggnanandhaa in the classical game, Ding Liren…
India’s R Praggnanandhaa continues to produce top-quality chess as he stunned world number two Fabiano Caruana on Saturday in Round 5 of Norway chess to achieve the distinction of beating both world number one Magnus Carlsen and number two Caruana in classic chess for the first time ever.The upset win helped the Indian prodigy break…
