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Pragg leads after third win, Gukesh draws in Round 4 of Tata Steel Chess
World Champion D Gukesh needed six hours to draw, while R Praggnanandhaa took the sole lead overall with 3.5/4
Tata Steel Chess 2025: R Praggnanandhaa beats India No. 1 Arjun Erigasi to seize top spot; D Gukesh settles for draw
R Praggnanandhaa won against Arjun Erigaisi in the third round of the Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2025. The game concluded with Praggnanandhaa leading the table with a score of 2.5/3. Other notable matches include a draw between D Gukesh and Fabiano Caruana and Leon Luke Mendonca earning his first point.
Tata Steel Chess 2025, Round 4: Praggnanandhaa dominates Mendonca to claim sole lead
Praggnanandhaa started off with an innocuous Ruy Lopez closed but found his chances in the middle game when Mendonca, could not handle the pressure of another high-profile game.
Tata Steel Chess Day 3: Praggnanandhaa takes lead with win over Erigaisi; Gukesh draws with Caruana
Gukesh and Caruana are both on two points after the result and it remains to be seen who among the rest could overtake them.
Tata Steel Chess: Praggnanandhaa crushes Mendonca; jumps into lead
Interestingly, all of R Praggnanandhaa's victories have come at the expense of the Indians so far in the tournament.
Tata Steel Chess 2025: R Praggnanandhaa becomes sole leader; India No. 1 Arjun Erigasi blunders into another defeat
India's Arjun Erigaisi faced his third defeat in the Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2025, while Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu leads the Masters with 3.5 poin
D Gukesh collects third consecutive draw in Tata Steel Chess; R Praggnanandhaa moves into sole lead
While Gukesh collected his third draw on the trot, R Praggnanandhaa continued to shine against his compatriots at the Tata Steel Chess in Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands as he moved into the sole lead by completing a hat-trick of victories on Tuesday.
R Praggnanandhaa Beats Arjun Erigaisi, Shares Lead With Nodirbek Abdusattorov
Indian Grandmaster R Praggnanandhaa scored a finely-crafted victory over compatriot Arjun Erigaisi to share the lead with Uzbek Nodirbek Abdusattorov after the third round of the Tata Steel Chess Tournament here.
Tata Steel Chess 2025: D Gukesh handed first draw since becoming world champion; Praggnanandhaa stuns Pentala
D Gukesh, playing with black pieces, drew his second-round match in the Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2025 against Vladimir Fedoseev. The day saw several players settling for draws, including Arjun Erigaisi and defending champion Yi Wei.
Tata Chess: R Praggnanandhaa Beats Arjun Erigaisi, Shares Lead With Nodirbek Abdusattorov
Indian Grandmaster R Praggnanandhaa scored a finely-crafted victory over compatriot Arjun Erigaisi to share the lead with Uzbek Nodirbek Abdusattorov after the third round of the Tata Steel Chess
Tata Steel Chess: Praggnanandhaa secures third straight win, takes outright lead
Indian Grandmaster Praggnanandhaa secured his third straight win at the 2025 Tata Steel Chess on Tuesday, defeating GM Leon Mendonca of India.� With 3.5 points after four rounds, Praggnanandhaa is the outright leader of the points table.
Why Viswanathan Anand is Godfather to India’s golden generation like Gukesh and Praggnanandhaa
At WACA, Anand enlisted elite GMs like Poland’s Grzegorz Gajewski (for opening theories), Sandipan Chanda (mid-game prep), ...
Magnus Carlsen in spotlight again as FIDE accuses world No 1 of creating ‘divisions in the chess world’
FIDE has slammed the Freestyle Chess Players Club, which is co-owned by Magnus Carlsen and counts Viswanathan Anand and D ...
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Chess Comes Home: India to Host 2025 FIDE World Cup marking a new era of Chess, know dates
India is set to host one of the most prestigious chess tournaments, the FIDE World Cup, from October 31 to November 27, 2025.
Arjun Erigaisi loses to Praggnanandhaa to stay winless at Wijk aan Zee since 2022
The end came by checkmate with Arjun Erigaisi's king standing in the middle of the board while Praggnanandhaa's pieces ...