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Since becoming World Champion in December last year, D Gukesh has been facing constant pressure, and has also fallen victim ...
D Gukesh finished fourth in the rapid section of the St. Louis Rapid & Blitz tournament, part of the Grand Chess Tour, ...
Chess world champion D Gukesh is only 19, but he is well aware that he is the prime target for all the top players. The comforting factor for his fans is that he is not bothered at all.
There’s still some time to go for the 2026 World Chess Championship, but reigning champion D Gukesh knows it’s time to start preparing for his next big challenge. The 19-year-old chess star says ...
But the absence of two of India’s biggest stars, reigning World Champion D Gukesh and Praggnanandhaa R, has been a talking point in this year’s edition, especially given the tournament’s symbolic ...
However, last week, when Germany’s Vincent Keymer, 20, won the Quantbox GM event at India’s chess heartland city of Chennai by a full two points with an unbeaten 2917 tournament performance, provided ...
NEW DELHI – In a dramatic turnaround at the Norway Chess 2025 tournament, India’s teenage World Champion D Gukesh stunned the chess world by defeating former world number one Magnus Carlsen in ...
A social media clash erupted between Anish Giri and Peter Heine Nielsen after Giri commented on D Gukesh's drawing tendencies ...
The bane of traditional powerhouses of chess has been the tapering of the talent pool, one that India has addressed well with ...
D Gukesh withdrew from the Las Vegas leg of the Freestyle Tour despite receiving an invitation, and the tour's CEO revealed why.
The 19-year-old from Chennai, who claimed the World Chess Championship crown earlier this year by defeating China’s Ding Liren in the Classical format, is now setting his sights on playing more ...
World champion D Gukesh was held to a draw by the lone wild card Samuel Sevian of United States, while fellow Indian R Praggnanandhaa also split the point with Nodirbek Abdusattorov of Uzbekistan in ...