Valentine’s Day combination, as the Norwegian great took himself off the market as the most eligible former world chess ...

Historically, chess players tend to peak in their 30s. It is an ominous sign that Prag is only 19 tears old, and Gukesh, 18.

Arjun Erigaisi's losing run was stemmed with a draw against compatriot Leon Luke Mendonca, while Pentala Harikrishna also opted for an early draw against Chinese GM Wei Yi. The big surprise of Round 5 ...

It’s something of a rite of passage in chess — the new champ is a marked ... Gukesh opens up the center and then sacrifices a piece to upset the material balance with 13.

World Champion D Gukesh played out a draw with Jorden van Foreest of Holland, while Grandmaster R Praggnanandhaa beat Alexey ...

D Gukesh finished with a draw over Jorden van Foreest while R Praggnandhaa took the win over Alexey Sarana as both Indians share top spot in the Tata Steel Masters.

Dommaraju Gukesh earned his second win of the 2025 Tata Steel Chess Masters in Round 5 ... The Uzbek even saw through Van Foreest's knight sacrifice, using a rook sacrifice of his own to gain ...

The race for the Tata Steel chess ... a rook, a knight and a pawn from Pragg’s army were closing in on Sarana’s king who was literally in a corner on the a8 square. The end of the game came with a ...

World Champion D Gukesh needed six hours to draw, while R Praggnanandhaa took the sole lead overall with 3.5/4 ...

R Praggnanandhaa took the sole lead of the Tata Steel Chess Masters in Wijk Aan Zee ... baiting him with a sacrifice of knights, but the Dutchman had a series of inaccurate moves in the endgame ...