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.
IBNS
Senior Staff Reporter at Northeast Herald, covering news from Tripura and Northeast India.
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