Erigaisi beat Gukesh in the decisive round 13 game after the world champion failed to exchange queens by 18 Qg2 Qf5 19 Qe4 Qh5 20 Qe2 Rxd4 21 Qxh5 Rxh5 and later fell victim to Black’s raging queen and rooks.

Grandmaster Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa didn't envisage such a "crazy day" with eight hours of world class performance after which he pipped reigning World Champion D Gukesh to win his maiden Tata Steel Chess Tournament.

Wijk Aan Zee (Netherlands) : The Indian juggernaut in international chess remained unstoppable as Grandmaster R Praggnanandhaa fought through exhaustion and nerves to defeat world champion D Gukesh in a clash of compatriots to clinch the Tata Steel Masters title for the first time in his prolific career.

R Praggnanandhaa made history on Sunday by defeating reigning World Champion and compatriot D Gukesh to claim his maiden Tata Steel Chess tournament crown, marking the biggest win of his career so far.

After losses in Round 13, D Gukesh and R Praggnanandhaa played out a tie-breaker in the 2025 Tata Steel Chess Masters, with the former coming good in sudden-death to win.

After scripting a memorable tale of success in Tata Steel Masters 2025 in Wijk aan Zee, the Netherlands, Grandmaster Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa received a warm welcome in Chennai. In a dramatic final,

In the second game, Gukesh had a fine position but was gradually outplayed. In the third game, the decider, Praggnanandhaa was again on the defensive with his white pieces but then found some nice moves and Gukesh got overambitious in a position that would have been a draw otherwise.

R Praggnanandhaa has defeated world chess champion Gukesh Dommaraju in the Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2025, media reports said.

It worked out for him then as he was crowned the youngest world chess champion. It did not on Sunday at the 2025 Tata Steel Masters – his first competition since winning the wor