With jaw dropping blunder, Gukesh loses to old foe Nodirbek Abdusattorov at Tata Steel Chess tournament | Chess News
For almost five minutes, Gukesh Dommaraju could not bear to look at the board or his opponent, Nodirbek Abdusattorov. He changed his posture over 15 times in that duration, each position displaying a different degree of torment with his hand covering his face. In the previous five rounds of the Tata Steel Chess tournament, Gukesh has been unusually chatty, usually being the one to speak to the opponent to try and analyze the game. Today, no words came out of his mouth when Abdusattorov tried twice to try and talk to the Indian. It was that sort of a morale bruising result that leaves a bruise on the psyche. The world champion suffered his first defeat of the year at the Tata Steel tournament at the hands of Abdusattorov, thanks to a one-move blunder in the sixth round clash. Gukesh was shellshocked at himself for making the move and appeared to realise that he had made a fatal error a second after making it. He immediately resigned after Abdusattorov’s response. Gukesh was shellshocked at himself …
