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Gukesh speaks: Proved whatever needed to be proved in 2024… focus now is on improving, not proving myself | Chess News

Gukesh speaks: Proved whatever needed to be proved in 2024… focus now is on improving, not proving myself | Chess News

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Becoming the youngest world champion in chess history almost put a target on 18-year-old Gukesh’s back. While opponents have been hungry to defeat him, the world started to track his results, every draw and each defeat being used to weigh — rather unfairly — his worth as a world champion. Right after becoming the world champion in Singapore, the teenager from Chennai almost won the Tata Steel Chess tournament in Wijk aan Zee, before being thwarted by Arjun Erigaisi and Praggnanandhaa in the end. Since then, Gukesh has experienced an uncharacteristic slump: he went through the Weissenhaus leg of the Freestyle Chess tournament without a win, before experiencing more woe in the Paris leg of the Freestyle event. And then, his results in freestyle started to poison his form in classical chess as well: at the recent Superbet Classic Romania event, Gukesh won just a single game out of nine (against Levon Aronian) while losing to Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, and Alireza Firouzja and drawing with the six remaining opponents. Gukesh will experience another stern test in …

Tata Steel Chess shows that world needs to get used to India’s young generation at top for years to come

Tata Steel Chess shows that world needs to get used to India’s young generation at top for years to come

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Editor’s Note: We present On The Moves, a new weekly column on chess which will appear every Tuesday from Amit Kamath where he will look at everything that happens on the battlefield of the 64 squares and away from it. Five-time world champion Viswanathan Anand proudly declared it an “Indian chess winter at Wijk!” A day before that tweet, three members of India’s golden generation — D Gukesh, R Praggnanandhaa and Arjun Erigaisi — had been tussling over the board to decide the fate of the Tata Steel chess tournament. It’s become an increasingly familiar sight at elite chess tournaments now, to have one — or more — of that trio fighting for top honours. Story continues below this ad The Tata Steel chess tournament — which has been around for 87 years and is often referred to as the Wimbledon of Chess — came down to a two-horse race between Gukesh and Pragg, with Erigaisi playing a decisive factor. “I should probably buy something for Arjun, yeah?” joked Praggnanandhaa after beating Gukesh to win …

Candidates Chess 2024 standings after Round 7: Gukesh joins Praggnanandhaa in 2nd spot after heartbreak | Chess News

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Candidates Chess 2024: Gukesh, the 17-year-old prodigy from Chennai, let slip the chance to stand alone on the top of the open category standings at the prestigious Candidates chess tournament after seven rounds. Playing against French grandmaster Alireza Firouzja, Gukesh had the upper hand before a slip up under time pressure ended up with him losing the game, the only decisive result in the open section. Coming into Round 7, Gukesh was sharing top spot in the open category standings with two-time World Chess Championship contender Ian Nepomniachtchi. The Russian was held to a draw by World no 3 Hikaru Nakamura, which meant that if Gukesh could manage to win, he would go into the tournament’s second rest day as the sole leader. The rest day also marks the halfway point of the double round robin tournament. Gukesh’s defeat aside, there was very little to celebrate for the Indians in action at the event in Toronto. Vidit Gujrathi was held to a draw by rank underdog Nijat Abasov, who had lost to the two Indian teenagers …

Candidates Chess 2024: Vidit Gujrathi, Praggnanandhaa win; Gukesh tops standings | Round 6 results, standings and pairings | Chess News

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Candidates Chess 2024: 17-year-old Indian prodigy D Gukesh is on top of the standing in the open section at the Candidates chess tournament after six rounds, sharing the top spot with Ian Nepomniachtchi. Gukesh drew his game against World No 3 Hikaru Nakamura on Wednesday as did Nepomniachtchi. The other two Indians in the open category registered victories in Round 6, with Vidit Gujrathi defeating Alireza Firouzja and Praggnanandhaa beating Nijat Abasov. The two women from India, however, experienced defeats with Humpy Koneru losing to Lei Tingjie and Vaishali Rameshbabu losing to Kateryna Lagno. Results from Round 6 at Candidates Open section Gukesh D draws with Hikaru Nakamura Vidit Santosh Gujrathi beats Alireza Firouzja Praggnanandhaa beats Nijat Abasov Ian Nepomniachtchi draws with Fabiano Caruana Women’s category Nurgyul Salimova loses to Aleksandra Goryachkina Tan Zhongyi beats Anna Muzychuk Humpy Koneru loses to Lei Tingjie Vaishali Rameshbabu loses to Kateryna Lagno Standings after Round 6 at Candidates Open standings Women’s standings Schedule for Indians from Round 7 to Round 14 at Candidates ROUND 7 Open Fabiano Caruana …

‘Fear no one’ says 17-year-old Indian

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D Gukesh had just managed to beat Azerbaijan’s Nijat Abasov after a six-hour marathon in Round 5 when the organisers ushered the 17-year-old prodigy to the fan zone of the Great Hall to chat with fans. There, FIDE’s host for the event, Charlize van Zyl, asked him which player Gukesh was most afraid of playing in the prestigious Candidates tournament. Gukesh, just 17 years of age but all smouldering intensity, took a second to compose his response. “No one,” he said before breaking into a rare smile. After five rounds, the second-youngest player ever to compete at the Candidates (the youngest being the legendary Bobby Fischer when he competed in 1959) finds himself on top of the standings with 3.5 points along with Ian Nepomniachtchi, a man who has won the Candidates twice. Gukesh is ahead of Fabiano Caruana, a man who is competing at his fifth Candidates. The Indian is unbeaten after five rounds, having also defeated the other teenage prodigy from his country, R Praggnanandhaa. The Round 5 battle between Gukesh and Abasov …