For starters, D Gukesh will remain winless if he loses Game 2 of the 5th-8th classification match against Hikaru Nakamura that will get underway in about half-an-hour. The defeat, however, won’t mark the end of his campaign,

Remarkably, Gukesh’s heart rate even when he was completely losing against Nakamura and was making moves with as little as three seconds on the clock was around 90 beats per minute while his American opponent’s heart was bouncing around at 145 BPM.

World Champion D Gukesh’s quest for a victory continued as Hikaru Nakamura defeated him in the tie-breaker of the 5-8 place play-off at the Freestyle Chess Grand slam on Wednesday.

World Champion D Gukesh's quest for a victory continued as Hikaru Nakamura defeated him in the tie-breaker of the 5-8 place play-off at the Freestyle Chess Grand Slam.

World No. 3 Fabiano Caruana defeated D Gukesh in the Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour quarterfinals at Weissenhaus in Germany on Monday. After losing a thrilling first leg of the quarterfinals on Sunday,

Classical World Champion, India’s D. Gukesh lost the second leg of the quarterfinal match against USA’s Fabiano Caruana in the 2025 Weissenhaus Freestyle Chess Grand Slam tour in Hamburg, Germany on Monday.

Here are all the updates from February 11, 2025. National Games: Indian sportspersons across various sporting disciplines are in action at the 38th National Games. Chess: D Gukesh will play the ranking rounds (5th to 8th) of the Freestyle Grand Chess Tour event in Germany.