Chess Tournament
R Praggnanandhaa beats Gukesh D in Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2025
New Delhi/IBNS: R Praggnanandhaa has defeated world chess champion Gukesh Dommaraju in the Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2025, media reports said.
The two players were tied at the Masters leaderboard with 8.5/13.
The tie-breaker was full of drama.
Gukesh won the first game capitalising on the blunder committed by Praggnanandhaa.
Congratulations Pragg for becoming Tata Steel Masters Champion.
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The last few seconds were too heartbreaking to watch for Gukesh.
Chess is Brutal pic.twitter.com/HnqelEtUPP
However, Praggnanandhaa bounced back in the second game.
After the defeat, Gukesh turned emotional and looked devastated while Praggnanandhaa came out with flying colours.
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