US EditionTata Steel Chess 2025: World Champion Gukesh to take on Anish Giri; Arjun vs Harikrishna in opening round
- Grandmaster D Gukesh will face his first big test since becoming the world champion at the Tata Steel Chess Tournament starting on Friday.
- World number four Arjun Erigaisi is the highest-rated Indian participant, having crossed the 2800 Elo-rating mark in 2024.
- Magnus Carlsen and Hikaru Nakamura will miss the tournament, while defending champion Wei Yi and top seed Fabiano Caruana will participate.
- Two young Indian women, R Vaishali and Divya Deshmukh, will compete in the Challengers section after being part of the gold medal-winning Olympiad women's team.
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Tata Steel Chess 2025: World Champion Gukesh to take on Anish Giri; Arjun vs Harikrishna in opening round
World champion D Gukesh will take on local star Anish Giri in the opening round of the 87th Tata Steel Chess tournament here on Saturday, marking his first competitive outing since claiming the coveted crown last month.
Gukesh faces Giri in the R-1 of Wijk aan Zee
The prodigious Indian Dommaraju Gukesh will play his first match as world champion against Dutch Anish Giri by opening today the Super Tournament LXXXVII Tata Steel, from the ice-cream port of Wijk aan Zee, in the Netherlands where there is a great tradition and culture for chess. Last year Gukesh, 18 years old, lost the tie break to Chinese Wei, Yi, who crowned himself in the 86th edition held in 2024. And he will try to repeat the feat. The co…
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