Why Gukesh’s winless run at Weissenhaus in Freestyle Chess is nothing to worry about
Freestyle chess demands that Gukesh fights the habit of calculation and preparation, something he has aced while becoming ...
D Gukesh says Magnus Carlsen's record peak rating can be surpassed, but will be 'very challenging'
Magnus Carlsen had achieved a rating of 2882, the highest in chess history, in May 2014, breaking the record that had ...
D Gukesh's coach comes to his defence after winless run in Freestyle Chess Weissenhaus: 'It's not that simple'
Two months after he was crowned the youngest world champion in chess history and less than two weeks after nearly winning ...
D Gukesh reveals ‘the first time’ he met Viswanathan Anand, mentions ‘cool moment in school’ with chess legend
D Gukesh is also in collaboration with WestBridge-Anand Chess Academy. WACA is a partnership between Viswanathan Anand and ...
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Freestyle Chess Grand Slam, Weissenhaus 2025: Winless Gukesh finishes on bottom after losing to Firouzja; Keymer beats Caruana to clinch top spot
D. Gukesh ended in eighth position after losing to Iranian-French grandmaster Alireza Firouzja in the second game of their seventh-place playoff match at the Freestyle Chess Grand Slam here on Friday.
Gukesh loses quarterfinal against Caruana in Freestyle Chess Weissenhaus
While Gukesh is out of the quarterfinal, his time in Weissenhaus still continues, as he will battle for the fifth to eighth ...
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Finding the right angle
What is white’s best move? The lesson this week is that chess is often about finding the right angles. Reach Eric Morrow at ...
D Gukesh handpicked by confident Caruana for Freestyle Chess Weissenhaus quarterfinal showdown, Carlsen to face Nodirbek
In the ongoing Weissenhaus Grand Slam, the players who finish in the top-four of the standings in the preliminary round, get ...
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CHESS CORNER: Find right angles in chess
Freestyle chess is now popular because of the abundance of knowledge about the standard starting position. It randomizes the opening and side-steps memorization by shuffling the pieces on the back ...
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Gukesh loses quarterfinal against Caruana in Freestyle Chess Weissenhaus
World champion Dommaraju Gukesh saw his bid to win the Freestyle Chess Grand Slam in Weissenhaus, Germany come to an end with a quarterfinal loss to Fabiano Caruna. Having lost game 1 of the ...