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May 31, 2026, 06:31 PM - 5 min read
A day after celebrating his 20th birthday, D Gukesh rediscovered his rhythm and confidence, producing a thrilling victory over fellow Indian Grandmaster R Praggnanandhaa in a hard-fought classical encounter to earn three valuable points and revive his challenge at the Norway Chess tournament.
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May 28, 2026, 03:49 PM - 5 min read
R Praggnanandhaa held his nerve against the five-time classical world champion in a tense time scramble to climb to second place with 4.5 points
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May 27, 2026, 04:01 PM - 4 min read
Despite the disappointing second-round Armageddon result, Gukesh stayed joint second with So on 2.5 points, while the rampant Firouzja opened up a commanding lead with six points after back-to-back wins
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May 26, 2026, 03:08 PM - 4 min read
The reigning world champion secured 1.5 points after prevailing in the Armageddon tie-break following a draining 144-move battle that stretched close to five hours.
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May 10, 2026, 02:08 PM - 2 min read
Gukesh concluded the event with 17 points from a possible 36 across nine rapid and 18 blitz rounds. Since rapid victories carried two points and blitz wins one point, the Indian earned nine points in rapid and eight in blitz.
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May 9, 2026, 05:43 PM - 3 min read
After finishing the rapid section with nine points out of a possible 18, Gukesh collected four more points from the opening nine blitz rounds to take his tally to 13 out of 27
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May 8, 2026, 08:29 PM - 3 min read
He had started the final day of the rapid section with a loss against French Grandmaster Maxime Vachier-Lagrave and then in the penultimate round drew with Vladimir Fedoseev of Slovenia
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March 6, 2026, 03:39 PM - 3 min read
With 5.5 points in his kitty, Abdusattorov enjoys a half point lead over van Foreest, while Aravindh was joint fourth spot on four points with Keymer and Parham Maghsoodloo of Iran
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March 5, 2026, 08:50 PM - 3 min read
Iran’s Parham Maghsoodloo held the Indian ace to a draw in the seventh round of the Masters section of the Prague International Chess Festival
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March 4, 2026, 10:22 AM - 3 min read
Aravindh switched to a sharp Sicilian Defence instead of the ill-fated Philidor in Prague, but Gukesh, with the white pieces, looked to create complications and sacrificed a pawn to create complications in the middle game.
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March 3, 2026, 06:42 PM - 3 min read
With just 1.5 points coming through three draws and a couple of losses, this is another slump for Gukesh that saw him slip to number 17 in the live world rankings
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March 2, 2026, 05:01 PM - 4 min read
This defeat was even more heartbreaking as Gukesh did everything right for the major part of the middle game and seemed like cruising to an easy victory
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