On Tuesday, he chose the Morphy Defense in a game that began with the Ruy López Opening. After Gukesh castled on the fifth move, Mendonca responded aggressively by pushing his pawns in the ...

D Gukesh and R Praggnanandhaa played out a draw in round eight of the 2025 Tata Steel Chess tournament in Wijk aan Zee, ...

He didn’t exactly have Paul Morphy’s number, but largely unheralded 19th century English master Thomas Barnes — born 200 ...

Praggnanandhaa started off with an innocuous Ruy Lopez closed but found his chances in the middle game when Mendonca, could ...

Praggnanandhaa and Gukesh played an intense draw at the Tata Steel Chess Tournament in Wijk aan Zee, maintaining their lead ...

India's Arjun Erigaisi faced his third defeat in the Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2025, while Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu leads the Masters with 3.5 poin ...

D Gukesh has secured the sole lead at the ongoing Tata Steel Chess Masters 2025 after beating Leon Luke Mendonca in round ...

R Praggnanandhaa took the sole lead of the Tata Steel Chess Masters in Wijk Aan Zee with his third ... who was in a fair amount of trouble after the Ruy Lopez opening. The Goan youngster was forced ...

Interestingly, all of R Praggnanandhaa's victories have come at the expense of the Indians so far in the tournament.