3 days ago · In the unforgettable round 13 of the 2025 Tata Steel Chess Masters, both leaders lost their last classical games of the tournament.GM Arjun Erigaisi played a perfect game to defeat World Champion Gukesh Dommaraju in 31 moves, while GM Vincent Keymer beat GM Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu in a nearly seven-hour marathon. In the subsequent blitz playoffs, Praggnanandhaa lost the first game against ...

Jan 28, 2025 · Tata Steel Chess Masters: Standings After Round 9. Gukesh 1-0 Mendonca. Gukesh won the battle of the 18-year-old Indian stars. Photo: Jurriaan Hoefsmit/Tata Steel Chess. Gukesh's third win in a row with the white pieces saw him cross 2790 on the live rating list and take the sole lead for the first time in the tournament.

Jan 29, 2025 · GM Gukesh Dommaraju pounced on a far from obvious mistake by GM Max Warmerdam to retain the sole lead on 7.5/10 going into the final 2025 Tata Steel Chess Masters rest day. GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov remains half a point behind after taking huge risks to inflict a first loss of the event on GM Alexey Sarana, while Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu is a point off the lead after bouncing back to beat GM ...

3 days ago · As It Happened: Tata Steel Chess 2025 Highlights In the sudden-death encounter, Gukesh initially gained the upper hand with his imaginative play on the queen's side, securing a pawn advantage.

3 days ago · Courtesy: Tata Steel Chess. On Sunday, Gukesh drew first blood in the two-game blitz tiebreaker, winning the first game with white pieces. Gukesh only needed a draw in the second blitz tiebreaker to take home the crown. However, Praggnanandhaa bounced back from behind to win both blitz games and stun the world champion to claim the major title.

The 2025 Tata Steel Chess Tournament concluded with a thrilling final day in both the Masters and Challengers sections. Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu emerged as the Masters champion after defeating fellow Indian star Gukesh Dommaraju in a dramatic blitz playoff. The classical games saw Arjun Erigaisi and Vincent Keymer upsetting the frontrunners, while Max Warmerdam stunned top seed Fabiano Caruana.

3 days ago · The Tata Steel Chess 2025 Masters title was decided in playoffs after both joint leaders D Gukesh and R Praggnanandhaa lost their matches in Round 13 and were forced to participate in tiebreakers. Praggnanandhaa stunned chess world champions Gukesh in playoffs to clinch the Tata Steel Chess 2025 Masters title.

3 days ago · After losses in Round 13, D Gukesh and R Praggnanandhaa played out a tie-breaker in the 2025 Tata Steel Chess Masters, with the former coming good in sudden-death to win.

4 days ago · Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu won the 2025 Tata Steel Masters after beating world champion Gukesh Dommaraju in a blitz tiebreaker. The two Indian stars entered the final round tied for first place and, notably, both lost their classical games on Sunday. Pragg then won the blitz tiebreaker by a 2-1 score after Gukesh misplayed a knight endgame in the third encounter. Meanwhile, Czech GM Thai Dai ...

Jan 30, 2025 · The 18th World Champion, D Gukesh is in a terrific form. He scored his second consecutive win at 87th Tata Steel Masters 2025. Gukesh surprised his opponent with 1...d6 in response to 1.e4. Max Warmerdam (NED) opted for 2.g3. Gukesh got a bit surprised momentarily but he realized that he must have prepared it for some other game before. A positional mistake of incorrect bishop trade offer with ...