File photo of Aravindh Chithambaram. | Photo Credit: B. Jothi Ramalingam At 25, Aravindh Chithambaram is a late bloomer when compared to teenaged sensations like D Gukesh and R Praggnanandhaa who are ruling the global chess circuit right now but the manner in which he maneuvered the odds in his life through 64 squares, he…
World champion D Gukesh bowed out of Freestyle Grand Slam chess after losing his second straight quarterfinal game against Fabiano Caruana of the United States here on Monday. Having lost the first game with white pieces, Gukesh did not last long against the American Grandmaster in a must-win tie with Caruana finishing the contest in…
File photo of D. Gukesh | Photo Credit: PTI World champion D Gukesh will have his task cut out as he looks to stage a comeback against Fabiano Caruana of the USA in the Freestyle Grand Slam chess tournament in Hamburg. Gukesh suffered a rare setback in normal time control on Sunday, losing to Caruana…
Reigning World Champion D Gukesh was unable to register a victory in the last match of the round-robin phase of the Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour as he was completely outclassed by his Norwegian rival and world number one Magnus Carlsen. Despite the loss, Gukesh qualified for the knockout stage of the tournament with a…
Grandmaster R Praggnanandhaa emerged victorious 2-1 in the tie-breaker against world champion D Gukesh to win the Tata Steel Masters chess tournament in Netherlands on Ferbuary 2. This was his first time winning the tournament, and he expressed cheeky thanks to fellow Indian Arjun Erigaisi for beating Gukesh in the first round which led to…
World champion D Gukesh and compatriot R Praggnanandhaa were left in awe as the duo paused their respective games at the ongoing Tata Chess Masters to witness 11-year-old Faustino Oro stun 19-year-old Indian International Master (IM) Divya Deshmukh. Known as the ‘Messi of Chess’ Faustino hails from Argentina – same as legendary Lionel Messi –…
D Gukesh continued his rapid rise as the 18-year-old became the new India’s no.1 chess player in the latest FIDE rankings, released on Thursday. Gukesh dethroned compatriot Arjun Erigiasi to occupy the fourth spot in the list. Gukesh achieved the feat after beating Vincent Keymer of Germany in the ongoing Tata Steel Tournament in Wijk…
Chess world champion D Gukesh hoped to see the sport being the part of the Olympic programme ‘especially if it’s in India’. Gukesh, who defeated Chinese Ding Liren in December 2024 to become the youngest-ever world champion at the age of 18. He thus became the second Indian after Viswanathan Anand to win the world…
Youngest world chess champion D Gukesh recieved the prestigious Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna award from President Droupadi Murmu at the Rashtrapati Bhavan on Friday. Gukesh, at the age of 18, dethroned Ding Liren when the Indian defeated the Chinese last month in Singapore. Along with Gukesh, India men’s hockey captain Harmanpreet Kaur, para-athlete Praveen…
Legendary Viswanathan Anand’s wife Aruna, was caught teasing world chess champion D Gukesh, during the pre-wedding festivities of grandmaster Vidit Gujrathi and his would-be-wife Nidhi Kataria, the video of which went viral on social media. Gukesh, Anand along with other Indian chess stars were hosted by Gujrathi at his residence during the joyous occasion of…
