Gukesh grabs last-gasp win over Giri in 1st game

Tata Steel Chess Day 1: Gukesh grabs last-gasp win over Giri in first game as reigning world champion
Gukesh grabbed a win from the jaws of defeat, while R Praggnanandhaa also earned a draw after being in a losing position.
World champion D Gukesh outfoxes home favourite Anish Giri to kickstart Tata Steel Chess 2025 campaign
D Gukesh triumphed in the Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2025 opener against Anish Giri, despite Giri's early advantage. Gukesh's strategic play led to a victory following a pivotal mistake by Giri. Other matches saw mixed results for Indian players,
Chess: Gukesh wins first game as world champion from the brink of defeat
Gukesh Dommaraju played and won his first competitive game as world champion on Saturday, but only after surviving a totally lost position. The 18-year-old Indian, who took the crown last month from China’s Ding Liren, defeated the Netherlands No 1 Anish Giri in the opening round of Tata Steel Wijk aan Zee, the “chess Wimbledon”.
Gukesh turns the tables on Anish Giri in Tata Steel opener
Receiving his Khel Ratna on Friday and then taking a flight to Amsterdam, Gukesh reached here barely hours before the start of the first round
Tata Steel Chess Day 2: Praggnanandhaa wins against Harikrishna; Gukesh plays out fighting draw
Gukesh grabbed a win from the jaws of defeat, while R Praggnanandhaa also earned a draw after being in a losing position.
Tata Steel Chess: D Gukesh begins campaign with win over Anish Giri; Harikrishna gets the better of Arjun
D Gukesh, the defending world champion, was off to a winning start in the 2025 Tata Steel Chess tournament in Netherlands, as he defeated Anish Giri. In other matches, defeated Arjun Erigaisi whereas R Praggnanandhaa played out a draw against Nodirbek Abdusattorov.
Praggnanandhaa wins; Gukesh, Erigaisi draw in Round 2 of Tata Steel Chess Tournament
Wijk Aan Zee: Indian Grandmaster R Praggnanandhaa defeated compatriot P Harikrishna, while Arjun Erigaisi settled for a draw in the second round of 87th Tata Steel Chess Tournament here.
Tata Steel Chess Day 3: World champion D Gukesh draws with top seed Fabiano Caruana
Gukesh and Caruana are both on two points after the result and it remains to be seen who among the rest could overtake them.
Tata Steel Chess: Gukesh opens with victory, Praggnanandhaa settles for a draw
Gukesh Dommaraju won his first game as world champion while his world championship second, Pentala Harikrishna also won.
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