In the tie-breaker between two Chennai players played in the blitz format, Pragg was the underdog because of exhaustion.

Grandmaster R Praggnanandhaa clinched his first Tata Steel Chess title in Wijk aan Zee by defeating D Gukesh in tie-breakers.

R Praggnanandhaa defeated world chess champion Gukesh Dommaraju in the Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2025 | One of India's ...

“It’s still the start of the year. Many huge tournaments are coming up in 2025, like the World Cup and Grand Swiss, and all these are very important for Candidates qualification,” said Praggnanandhaa, ...

Praggnanandhaa became the toast of the Indian chess community after becoming only the second player from the country after the legendary Viswanathan Anand to win the prestigious tournament, defeating ...

R Praggnanandhaa: India’s Grandmaster R. Praggnanandhaa shocks world champion D. Gukesh in an all-Indian final at the Tata Steel Masters 2025 chess tournament, which ended on Sunday, February 2, in ...

Indian grandmaster R Praggnanandhaa achieved a remarkable comeback to defeat world champion D Gukesh 2-1 in the tiebreaker at ...