Marked man: New champ Gukesh back at the chessboard in strong Tata tournament
It’s something of a rite of passage in chess — the new champ is a marked man when he first returns to the board. Indian teenager Dommaraju Gukesh, who became the youngest world champion ever when he dethroned Chinese GM Deng Liren in their December title match,
Chess: Gukesh wins first game as world champion from the brink of defeat
Gukesh Dommaraju played and won his first competitive game as world champion on Saturday, but only after surviving a totally lost position. The 18-year-old Indian, who took the crown last month from China’s Ding Liren, defeated the Netherlands No 1 Anish Giri in the opening round of Tata Steel Wijk aan Zee, the “chess Wimbledon”.
Reigning world champion D Gukesh and world number two Fabiano Caruana played out a stalemate that lasted just 24 moves, and ...
Gukesh grabbed a win from the jaws of defeat, while R Praggnanandhaa also earned a draw after being in a losing position.
Meanwhile, Praggnanandhaa escaped to a draw against Nodirbek Abdusattorov thanks to an error from the Uzbek while Leon Luke ...
Initially Fide, on its website, mentioned “India” as the venue, but later changed it to “to be announced”. A senior All India ...
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Gukesh D was also awarded the Move of the Year at the Chess dot com awards for his extraordinary rook sacrifice, 36...Rxf5, ...
Grandmasters Vishwanathan Anand and Gukesh Dommaraju star in its witty ad, blending fashion, humour, and Gen Z’s chess-fuelled pop culture obsession.
All India Chess Federation celebrated the success of newly-crowned World Champion D Gukesh and India's no.1 Koneru Humpy.
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