Winless Gukesh Salvages Draw Against Alireza Firouzja At Freestyle Chess Grand Slam

Winless Gukesh Salvages Draw Against Alireza Firouzja At Freestyle Chess Grand Slam

Fighting for the seventh spot in the last-eight qualifiers, Gukesh tried his way out to score his first victory which still eluded him.

Gukesh loses to Firouzja, ends eighth

Hamburg (Germany), Feb 14 (PTI) World champion D Gukesh ended in eighth position after losing to Iranian-French grandmaster Alireza Firouzja in the second game of their seventh-place playoff match at the Freestyle Chess Grand Slam here on Friday. Gukesh thus concluded his forgettable campaign in the tournament at Weissenhaus resort without a single win. A day after his remarkable comeback from a hopeless position to draw game one against Firouzj…

Gukesh fights back to hold Firouzja - News Today

Hamburg, Feb 14: World champion D Gukesh fought back from a hopeless position to eke out a draw against Alireza Firouzja of France in the first game of the final round of the first Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour here. Fighting for the seventh spot in the last-eight qualifiers, Gukesh tried his way out to score his first victory which still eluded him and the Indian was defending for the major part and survived some real scary moments before ge…

Gukesh fights on against Firouzja; Keymer and Carlsen Win – Firstpost – Report Wire

Reigning World Champion Gukesh Dommaraju is Yet to Collect a Single Victory at the Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour in Weissenhaus, Collecting 10 Draws and But Defeats Across the Rapid and Classical Formats SO FOR FOR. Here’s a day-by-day breakup of gukesh’s run in Weissenhaus: Day 1 Round 1: Drew Against Nodirbek Abdusattorov Round 2: Lost to Alireza Firouzja Round 3: Drew Against Levon Aronian Round 4: Drew Against Javokhir Sindarov Round 5: Dr…