Bxc8 Bxc2. After nearly losing his first game to Dutch GM Anish Giri, Gukesh looked every bit the worthy champion at Tata, at one point reaching plus-five before his late-tournament stumble.

He has beaten Anish Giri, Vincent Keymer and Pentala Harikrishna so far. Interestingly, the latter two were part of his team of seconds during the FIDE World Championship. Gukesh's win over Giri ...

Gukesh's return to the board saw him edge past Anish Giri with a win after a rough start to proceedings. He then drew his second-round game against Slovenia's Vladimir Fedoseev. The 18-year-old ...

Playing the white side of a Berlin defence, Praggnanandhaa had a slightly favourable position optically, but Gukesh was ...

It was the second time at the tournament that Gukesh beat one of his seconds for the 2024 FIDE World Championship. He had ...

Dommaraju Gukesh: 6.5 Nodirbek Abdusattorov: 6.0 Vladimir Fedoseev: 6.0 R Praggnanandhaa: 5.5 Alexey Sarana: 5.0 Fabiano Caruana: 5.0 Wei Yi: 5.0 Anish Giri: 4.5 Pentala Harikrishna: 4.0 Jordan ...

World Champion D Gukesh needed six hours to draw, while R Praggnanandhaa took the sole lead overall with 3.5/4 ...

Gukesh capitalised on this by exerting dominance ... Notable games included draws between Dutch No. 1 Anish Giri and Abdusattorov, as well as Fabiano Caruana and Alexey Sarana.

India's Gukesh and R Praggnanandhaa continue to lead the Tata Steel Chess tournament along with Nodirbek Abdusattorov.

Arjun Erigaisi, meanwhile, continues to wait for his first win at the Tata Steel Masters. It's now a run that has seen him lose his place as India no.1 in the live ranking to Gukesh. He remains at the ...