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FIDE Grand Swiss 2025: Gukesh suffers second straight loss; Erigaisi stays in hunt

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World Champion D. Gukesh suffered his second straight defeat at the FIDE Grand Swiss, losing to Greece’s Nikolas Theodorou in the sixth round here on Tuesday. Coming off a loss to the youngest-ever Grandmaster Abhimanyu Mishra of the USA in the previous round, Gukesh endured another heartbreak from a drawn position as he overpressed, leading…

FIDE Grand Swiss 2025: Vaishali in sole lead in women’s section; Gukesh beats Yuffa in round 3

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Defending champion and Grandmaster R. Vaishali jumped into the sole lead in the women’s section as she notched her third straight victory with a win against Olga Bedelka of Austria in the third round of the FIDE Grand Swiss here on Saturday. On a day when Vantika Agrawal found the going tough and went down…