It was the second time at the tournament that Gukesh beat one of his seconds for the 2024 FIDE World Championship. He had earlier beaten Vincent Keymer, and now Harikrishna, who played one of Ding Liren's staple opening - the French.

World chess champion D Gukesh and R Praggnanandhaa were amazed by young Argentine prodigy Faustino Oro as he defeated Indian International Master (IM) Divya Deshmukh at the 2025 Tata Steel Chess tournament.

World champion D Gukesh claimed a share of the lead at the Tata Steel Masters, outplaying World Championship runner-up P Harikrishna in the seventh round.

Arjun Erigaisi, meanwhile, continues to wait for his first win at the Tata Steel Masters. It's now a run that has seen him lose his place as India no.1 in the live ranking to Gukesh. He remains at the bottom of the standings with 1.5 points, following a draw against Fabiano Caruana.

Five-time world champion Magnus Carlsen slammed the strategy of World Champion and India's grand master D Gukesh after he managed a draw against Uzbekistan's Nodirbek Abdusattorov in a match

D Gukesh took a joint-lead at the 2025 Tata Steel Chess tournament in Netherlands with a win over compatriot Pentala Harikrishna. Gukesh currently has five points and shares the lead with Nodirbek Abdusattorov and R Praggnanandhaa after seven rounds.

Dommaraju Gukesh earned his second win of the 2025 Tata Steel Chess Masters in Round 5, closing the gap on joint leaders R Praggnanandhaa and Nodirbek Abdusattorov with a win over Vincent Keymer, who was his second when winning the chess world championship last month.

Indian Grandmaster Praggnanandhaa secured his third straight win at the 2025 Tata Steel Chess on Tuesday, defeating GM Leon Mendonca of India.� With 3.5 points after four rounds, Praggnanandhaa is the outright leader of the points table.