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Viral Video: Chess champion Gukesh enjoys dessert platter on Air India flight; pilot Laxmi Joshi pens a heartfelt note
Air India honoured world chess champion Gukesh Dommaraju with a special dessert platter during a flight, captured in a viral ...
Magnus Carlsen’s quiet storm: How chess king humbled Gukesh amid doubt, drama, and a blitz rampage
Magnus Carlsen outpaced D. Gukesh in blitz to win the Grand Chess Tour 2025, despite struggles and mind games, after Gukesh ...
D Gukesh's coach sheds light on managing Indian star's ambitions, keeping him grounded: 'Many forget that he's only 19'
Polish Grandmaster Grzegorz Gajewski has been coaching D Gukesh full-time since 2023, overseeing his victories at the ...
D Gukesh’s secret to his latest win over Magnus Carlsen revealed: 'Chess wise, it's a tricky period'
D Gukesh stunned world No.1 Magnus Carlsen in the Rapid section of the SuperUnited Rapid & Blitz Croatia as the world chess ...
Like Gukesh is now, Vishy Anand too faced criticism in younger days and was once dismissed by Soviet stars as ‘coffee house player’
Anand had written in his autobiography about the treatment he got from players from the Soviet Union in his early days: ...
World Champion D Gukesh & Arjun Erigaisi Headline FIDE Grand Swiss, With Candidates Berth On The Line
D Gukesh and Arjun Erigaisi lead the field at the FIDE Grand Swiss 2025 in Samarkand (Sept 3–16). Top two finishers in Open and Women’s events qualify for the 2026 Candidates Tournament.
Done in 64 seconds: How final Gukesh vs Magnus Carlsen battle in Zagreb ended in 14 moves, and barely lasted a minute
When both players agreed to a draw, Gukesh had 5.10 minutes on his clock, more time than he had started the game with while ...
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Wesley So finishes runner-up to Carlsen in Croatia, bags P1.7 million
Wesley So sweeps dethroned titlist Fabiano Caruana in the SuperUnited Rapid & Blitz Croatia to finish behind Magnus Carlsen ...
Chess: World No 1 Carlsen dominates in Zagreb despite another loss to Gukesh
India’s world champion Gukesh Dommaraju, 19, had created a bang, literally, last month at Stavanger when he defeated Magnus Carlsen on the 35-year-old’s home turf. Images of the Norwegian’s angry ...
Gukesh Settles for Strategic Third; Carlsen Triumphs with playful Display in Zagreb
The highly anticipated individual showdown between World Champion Gukesh and World No. 1 Magnus Carlsen at the SuperUnited ...