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‘One in hundred times’: Fabiano Caruana reacts to Gukesh’s ‘shocking’ one-move blunder vs Nodirbek Abdusattorov | Chess News

‘One in hundred times’: Fabiano Caruana reacts to Gukesh’s ‘shocking’ one-move blunder vs Nodirbek Abdusattorov | Chess News

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4 min readUpdated: Jan 31, 2026 10:40 PM IST Fabiano Caruana, who is one of the glaring omissions from the Tata Steel Chess tournament in Wijk aan Zee, has weighed in on the one-move blunder from world champion Gukesh Dommaraju against Nodirbek Abdusattorov calling it a case of “chess blindness”. Caruana did point out that this kind of a blunder “rarely happens to Gukesh… maybe it happens one in a hundred times”. The 19-year-old Gukesh’s form at the ongoing Tata Steel Chess masters has been under scrutiny after his defeats to Nodirbek, Anish Giri and Matthias Bluebaum. The game against Abdusattorov in round 6 had ended in a resignation from Gukesh after a single-move blunder that would have cost him a rook and a pawn. Meanwhile, against Bluebaum in round 9, Gukesh found himself in an inferior position out of the opening which he was never able to fight his way out of before resigning in 37 moves. A disappointed Gukesh after blundering an equal position against Nodirbek Abdusattorov. (PHOTO: Lennart Ootes) Talking about the …

Gukesh bounces back with a win after two straight losses

Gukesh bounces back with a win after two straight losses

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World Champion GM Gukesh Dommaraju bounced back from two defeats with a win in round 8 of the 2026 Tata Steel Chess Wijk aan Zee on Sunday. He defeated Vladimir Fedoseev of Slovenia with the black pieces, having a brilliant accuracy of 96.6 to attain a mate in 10 position before Vladimir resigned. He now jumped up to joint 6th place with 4/8 points. Earlier, Gukesh had two consecutive defeats with Nodirbek Abdusattorov of Uzbekistan and then home favourite Anish Giri, after two rook blunders from the drawish positions. Meanwhile, GM Praggnandhaa played his sixth consecutive draw of the tournament against Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus of Turkiye in his eighth round match-up. The defending champion now has 3/8 points, currently in the last three position and is more or less out of the title race, with just 5 more rounds to go. On the other hand, GM Arjun Erigaisi, having black pieces, played a draw against Aravindh Chithambaram in an all-Indian encounter in a completely exchanged game. Having won just one point from the last four …

D Gukesh faces first defeat in round 6

D Gukesh faces first defeat in round 6

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GM Gukesh Dommaraju faced his first defeat of the tournament in round 6 of the 2026 Tata Steel Chess Wijk aan Zee in the Netherlands on Friday. Fresh from his first win in the previous round, Gukesh could not continue the momentum and bowed down to Nodirbek Abdusattorov of Uzbekistan with the black pieces. With this defeat, Gukesh has now dropped out of the top 5 with just 3 points from 6 games, trailing the leader Nodirbek by a big 1.5-point margin. Meanwhile, GM Praggnandhaa played his fourth consecutive draw of the tournament against Vladimir Fedoseev of Slovenia in his sixth-round match-up. The defending champion now has 2/6, currently sitting outside the top 10 at the almost halfway stage of the tournament, with 7 more rounds to go. GM Arjun Erigaisi, having black pieces, has also drawn his game against Matthias Bluebaum of Germany in a fully exchanged position with just two kings on the board. Having won just half a point from the last two games, Arjun is also sitting outside the top 5 …

Gukesh draws with Praggnanandhaa in round 4

Gukesh draws with Praggnanandhaa in round 4

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GM Praggnandhaa played his second draw of the tournament in round 4 against compatriot Gukesh Dommaraju at the Tata Steel Chess Wijk aan Zee on Tuesday. GM Arjun Erigaisi, having black pieces, has also drawn a long 80-move game against Anish Giri of the Netherlands, causing him to slip from the joint lead. Arjun is now half a point behind the two joint leaders, Nodirbek Abdusattorov (UZB) and Hans Niemann (USA), with 2.5 points from the four games. Meanwhile, the defending champion Praggnanandhaa is still trailing at the bottom of the ladder alongside Anish with just 1 point from his four games. On the other hand, GM Aravindh Chithambram faced his first defeat of the tournament, losing to Hans Niemann, dropping to joint 10th position with 1.5 points. He will next take on Vincent Keymer of Germany in round 5 on Wednesday. Meanwhile, Gukesh will take on Thai Dai Van Nguyen of Czechia. On the other hand, Arjun will aim to return to the top of the standings with a win against Vladimir Fedoseev of …

Arjun Erigaisi draws with Gukesh in round-3

Arjun Erigaisi draws with Gukesh in round-3

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GM Arjun Erigaisi played his second draw of the tournament in round 3 against his compatriot Gukesh Dommaraju at the Tata Steel Chess Wijk aan Zee on Monday. Arjun, however, remained in joint lead with 4 other players, Nodirbek Abdusattorov (UZB), Hans Niemann (USA), Matthias Bluebaum (GER) and Jordan Van Foreest (NED) with 2 points each. Meanwhile, the defending champion GM Praggnanandhaa earned his first points on the board with a draw against Thai Dai Van Nguyen of Czechia in round-3. Earlier, Pragg lost to Uzbek GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov in round 2 with the black pieces, following his first-round defeat against Arjun Erigaisi. Meanwhile, Aravindh Chithambram played his third consecutive draw against Nodirbek Abdusattorov to remain unbeaten, trailing half a point behind 5 leaders. Aravindh will next take on the current joint leader, Hans Niemann, in the fourth round on Tuesday. Meanwhile, Gukesh will have second consecutive all-Indian game against Pragg. On the other hand, joint leader Arjun will aim to remain unbeaten against the Dutch GM Anish Giri with the black pieces in his …

Praggnanandhaa faces a second consecutive defeat

Praggnanandhaa faces a second consecutive defeat

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The defending champion GM Praggnanandhaa faced his second consecutive defeat at the 2026 Tata Steel Chess Wijk aan Zee in the Netherlands on Sunday. Pragg lost to Uzbek GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov in round 2 with the black pieces, following his first-round defeat against Arjun Erigaisi, to stay at the bottom of the table. Arjun, meanwhile, drew his game against Thai Dai Van Nguyen of Czechia, to remain in joint lead with Nodirbek and Hans Niemann of the USA with 1.5 points each. Meanwhile, World champion Gukesh Dommaraju played a second successive draw against Dutch GM Jordan Van Foreest, having 1 point from 2 games. Aravindh Chithambram has also played two draws in two matches against Germany’s Matthias Bluebaum and Turkish GM Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus. Both Aravindh and Gukesh will next take on the current joint leaders, Nodirbek and Arjun, respectively, in the third round on Monday, hoping to remain unbeaten at the event. On the other hand, Praggnanandhaa will aim to open his account against Thai Dai Van Nguyen of Czechia, having white pieces in …