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Indian challenger D Gukesh held defending champion Ding Liren of China to a draw with black pieces in an intense sixth game of the World Chess Championship to remain level on points in Singapore on Sunday. The third draw in a row left both players on an identical tally of 3 points apiece,…
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Picture of D Gukesh.© X/@FIDE_chess The World Chess Championship 2024 is still underway but Indian grandmaster D Gukesh is assured of a huge sum, thanks to his first victory in the third round of the 14-classical match event against Ding Liren. With a maximum of 11 games remaining, the scores are tied at…
Elated after his first win in the World Championship showdown against defending champion Ding Liren, young Indian Grandmaster D Gukesh said it is “always very nice” to outplay an opponent the way he did in the third game in Singapore on Wednesday. Liren lost on time control after 37 moves as Gukesh drew…
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World Championship challenger D Gukesh on Sunday said he didn’t think about his personal achievements and was prepared to do “whatever it takes” to secure India’s maiden gold medal at the Chess Olympiad following near-misses in previous editions. The 18-year-old Gukesh was a key architect in India’s historic victory, as the men’s team…
File photo of Gukesh D.© X (formerly Twitter) Grandmaster and World Championship challenger D Gukesh put it across Fabiano Caruana of United States to raise visions of a maiden gold medal for the Indian men in the 45th Chess Olympiad in Budapest. Set to play the next World championship match in Singapore in…
Indian Grandmaster R Praggnanandhaa crashed through the defenses of compatriot Vidit Gujrathi but D Gukesh suffered a shock defeat from a position of strength against Czech Republic’s David Navara of in the fifth round of the Prague Masters in Prague. Uzbekistan’s Nodirbek Abdusattarov continued with his dream run and ran over Mateusz Bartel of Poland…
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