Indian Grandmaster R. Praggnanandhaa lost to France’s GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave in their Grand Chess Tour Final 2025 semifinal tie in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on Wednesday. After their classical games ended in a tie, the players faced off in two rapid games followed by four blitz games, with the Frenchman winning 17-11 in the end. Vachier-Lagrave…
Indian Grandmaster R. Praggnanandhaa escaped a late fumble to hold French GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave to a draw in their first semifinal game of the Grand Chess Tour Finals in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on Monday. Praggnanandhaa made a poor move with just one second left on the clock to lose his grip on the game, but was fortunate…
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…
World Champion D. Gukesh was held to a draw by 14-year-old Yagiz Khan Erdogmus of Turkey, while defending champion R. Vaishali excelled at the expense of Eline Roebers of Holland in the second round of the FIDE Grand Swiss in Samarkand, Uzbekistan on Friday. In the Open section, Gukesh squandered a winning position against Erdogmus…
India’s R Praggnanandhaa secured his spot at the Grand Chess Tour Final set to happen in Brazil in September, following his second-place finish at the Sinquefield Cup 2025. In Sao Paulo, the Indian GM will be a part of a four-man field, alongside the USA’s Levon Aronian and Fabiano Caruana, and France’s Maxime Vachier-Lagrave. Praggnanandhaa…
Indian grandmaster R Praggnanadhaa was held to an easy draw by Samuel Sevian of the United States while World Champion D Gukesh signed peace with Maxime Vachier-Lagrave of France in the fourth round of the Sinquefield Cup, here. Fabiano Caruana of the United States scored his second victory in as many days, defeating Nodirbek Abdusattorov…
Reigning world champion D Gukesh rallied from his first-round defeat to compatriot R Praggnanandhaa to beat Uzbek GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov on Wednesday in the second round. Playing with white pieces, Gukesh outplayed his opponent in a chaotic encounter which lasted 50 moves. “Especially after yesterday, probably one of the worst games that I’d played, it…
World Champion D. Gukesh returns to classical chess after a brief hiatus to face a star-studded field at the Sinquefield Cup starting on Monday, while R. Praggnanandhaa will eye a podium finish in the fifth leg of the Grand Chess Tour (GCT) to strengthen his overall fifth-place standing. While many argue that the field feels…