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Why is D Gukesh not playing the Freestyle Chess tournament in Las Vegas? Indian World Champion's absence explained
D Gukesh withdrew from the Las Vegas leg of the Freestyle Tour despite receiving an invitation, and the tour's CEO revealed why.
Freestyle Chess Las Vegas: Here's why Gukesh isn't part of the action alongside Praggnanandhaa, Arjun and Vidit
The Las Vegas leg of the Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour, was off to an explosive start on Wednesday with tour leader Magnus Carlsen crashing out in the group stage after losing against R ...
Where is D Gukesh? World Champion skips Vegas Freestyle Chess
Indian Grandmaster R Praggnanandhaa is set to clash with world champion Magnus Carlsen in the Freestyle Chess tournament in ...
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Las Vegas Freestyle chess: Praggnanandhaa grouped with Carlsen, Gukesh opts out
R Praggnanandhaa will face Magnus Carlsen as the young Indian grandmaster has been grouped with the World No.1 for the Las ...
Gukesh skips, Carlsen faces Praggnanandhaa in Freestyle Chess
R Praggnanandhaa found himself clubbed with Magnus Carlsen in the same group, while Arjun Erigaisi and Vidit Gujrathi were ...
Magnus Carlsen and Gukesh’s Zagreb event in numbers: World champion started with 0.3% chance of winning; world no 1 lost just twice in 27 games
Before the tournament began, the Grand Chess Tour carried out 15,000 tournament simulations to predict who would win 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 ...
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Gukesh Stuns Carlsen in Rapid Chess; Coach Reveals Secret Behind Rising Star’s Success
Teen chess prodigy D Gukesh stunned the chess world yet again with a sensational Rapid win over Magnus Carlsen at ...
‘Sometimes, he even forgets…': D Gukesh's trainer credits Magnus Carlsen historic win to ‘faster time control’ secret
D Gukesh's recent Rapid performance saw him defeat Magnus Carlsen, in what was a sensational result for the reigning world ...
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Indian Chess Prodigy D Gukesh Topples Carlsen with Five Straight Wins, Heralding a Chess Revolution in Zagreb
Indian Grandmaster D Gukesh, 18, defeats world champion Magnus Carlsen five times in a row, leading the 2025 SuperUnited ...
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: ...
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Athlete of the Year, Male: D Gukesh and his 16 chess pieces take over ...
Enter Dommaraju Gukesh and his 16 chess pieces. 2024's pick was unanimous once again, but this time it's for an unassuming, humble 18-year-old boy who was barely on anyone's radar at the start of ...