US EditionFIDE Grand Swiss 2025: Gukesh Loses Again, Nihal Becomes Joint Leader After Seventh Round
Gukesh must win all remaining games to stay in contention after three losses, while Nihal Sarin shares the lead with 5.5 points at the FIDE Grand Swiss tournament.
- World Champion D Gukesh lost his third consecutive match on Thursday in the seventh round of the 2025 FIDE Grand Swiss in Samarkand, Uzbekistan.
- After starting the tournament with four games without a loss, including two victories and two draws, Gukesh then suffered defeats against American GM Abhimanyu Mishra and Greek GM Nikolas Theodorou, marking the beginning of a losing streak.
- In the seventh round, Gukesh made a costly mistake with his bishop in the endgame against 16-year-old Turkish GM Ediz Gurel, who capitalized on the error and secured a victory after 52 moves, marking Gukesh's third consecutive classical loss.
- Gukesh has scored 3 points from 7 games and needs to win all remaining matches to remain in contention for a top-two finish that guarantees a Candidates Tournament spot.
- Currently, Kerala’s GM Nihal Sarin and Germany’s Matthias Bluebaum share the lead with 5.5 points each, underscoring Gukesh’s challenges as he trails behind in a fiercely contested tournament with 116 participants.
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Grand Swiss Chess: Gukesh Suffers Hat-trick Of Defeats After Loss To 16-Year-Old
Grand Swiss Chess: Coming off reverses to USA's Abhimanyu Mishra and Nikolas Theodorou of Greece, the rest day did little to arrest Gukesh's slide as he blundered a bishop in the end game to extend his losing streak
FIDE Grand Swiss 2025: Gukesh loses again, Nihal becomes joint leader after seventh round
World champion D Gukesh’s struggles continued as he slumped to a third successive defeat, losing to 16-year-old Turkish Grandmaster Ediz Gurel in the seventh round of the FIDE Grand Swiss in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, on Thursday.
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