Saturday, February 22TRUSTED FEARLESS,FAIR,FRESH,FIRST NATIONAL INTERNATIONAL NEWS PORTAL

Tag: Gukesh result

Freestyle Chess: Gukesh loses to Hikaru Nakamura to remain winless at Weissenhaus
Sports

Freestyle Chess: Gukesh loses to Hikaru Nakamura to remain winless at Weissenhaus

Gukesh Dommaraju remains winless at Weissenhaus after losing to Hikaru Nakamura in the 5-8 classification spot match on Wednesday. The Gukesh vs Nakamura battle had to be decided in the rapid tiebreaks after both the classical time control games (first on Tuesday and second one played on Wednesday) ended in draws. In the two-game rapid tiebreak, the first game ended in a draw after 103 moves, but in the second game, Gukesh lost with white pieces after 33 moves. While the first tiebreak game was played in Position No 5, which was one of the more normal positions with not too much insanity on the starting position, the second game was played in position no 328. Besides the Gukesh versus Nakamura game, Fabiano Caruana and Javokhir Sindarov also tussled in the tiebreak to figure out who would ...
Gukesh’s Freestyle Chess woes continue as world champion loses game 1 of quarters to Fabiano Caruana
Sports

Gukesh’s Freestyle Chess woes continue as world champion loses game 1 of quarters to Fabiano Caruana

Gukesh Dommaraju’s wretched form at the Weissenhaus leg of the Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour continued as the world champion lost the first game of the quarter-final to Fabiano Caruana with white pieces on Sunday. Gukesh will have a chance to level on Monday when the two players play the second game of the quarter-final with colours reversed. Gukesh played nine games in the rapid time control before Sunday — one game each against all the other players in the field — but did not manage to win a single game. Gukesh had just about snuck into the quarter-finals of the Weissenhaus event after finishing ahead of Vladimir Fedoseev and Levon Aronian in the standings. Only eight players out of the 10 made it to the knockout stages after the rapid portion. Story continues below this ad ...
Tata Steel Chess: Gukesh beats Leon Luke Mendonca to secure lead with four rounds to go
Sports

Tata Steel Chess: Gukesh beats Leon Luke Mendonca to secure lead with four rounds to go

With just four rounds remaining at the Tata Steel chess tournament, the reigning world champion Gukesh D has ensured that he is in pole position to win the event known as the Wimbledon of Chess. The 18-year-old Gukesh defeated his contemporary Leon Luke Mendonca in Round 9 at the season-starting chess event in the quaint Dutch town of Wijk aan Zee in a battle lasting just 43 moves. This is the first event Gukesh is competing in after becoming the youngest world champion in history of chess by defeating Ding Liren in Singapore last month. So far after nine games, Gukesh is yet to lose, winning four games and drawing the others. This is in sharp contrast to the fate of Arjun Erigaisi, who came into the event rated 2801, but has not won a single game at the event. Tuesday’s win ensures that...
How Gukesh won 1st game as chess world champion after finding lucky escape route vs Anish Giri
Sports

How Gukesh won 1st game as chess world champion after finding lucky escape route vs Anish Giri

Anish Giri slumped on the backrest of his chair and stayed there for a while. Then, he hunched over and planted a palm on his forehead in a universally accepted sign of anguish. He’d just spent most of the first round game at the Tata Steel chess tournament forcing his opponent, the newly-minted world champion Gukesh Dommaraju, into a corner. Just when checkmate seemed inevitable, with Gukesh running out of options — and out of time on the clock to think — Anish Giri made a blunder that will haunt the attic of his mind for years to come. In one hasty move of the wrist, Anish Giri had handed his 18-year-old opponent a get-out-of-jail-free card. Gukesh, who won the world championship last month on a similar blunder from his opponent Ding Liren, is not one to refuse gifts across the board. ...