World Champion D Gukesh fell on the third loss in a row at Fide Grand Swiss Tournament on Thursday, September 11. Indian Grand Master lost in the 16 -year -old GM Ediz Gurel in the seventh round of the tournament. After losing with American Abhimanyu Mishhra and Nikolas Theodora of Greece, Gukesh was unable to make the best possible to make his rest at the tournament. 19 -year -old mistake of the bishop in the end game to extend his loss.
Gukesh, who grew to fame after becoming a world of 18 years old, now has three points out of seven trips and has to win all his matches to stay in rivalry. To drop the form, the former player became the commentator of Maurice Ashley, who took X to say it was not the Gukesh they knew.
The Indian Grand Master has a talent deep and exceeds his opponents with exceptional peace, but it seems not to be the case.
“What’s the matter with Gukshe?
Gukesh looked devastated when he realized that the game had gotten from him. Previously, at the Indian GM tournament, he set out from the playing hall after he lost to Nikolas Theodora.
When he said, many fans came out for Gukesh’s defense and reminded the chess world that Gukesh was only 19 years old, and at this age he does exactly what he is supposed to do.
“Gukesh is doing almost exactly what an ambitious 19-year-old man-playing all the time and always plays victory. If he wasn’t a world champion, niches in the form should not really increase eyebrows. It is still at age when the goal is to improve,”
Other results at the Swiss Grand
Meanwhile, the Indian GM Nihal Sarin grabbed the leadership of the lead after a thrilling victory over the night leader Parham Maghsoodloo in Iran. At the top, the German GM Matthias Bluebaum, who defeated Arjuna Erigaisi, joined him. Both have 5.5 points.
Seven players, including Vidit Gujrathi, Iranian-French star Alireza Firouzja, Uzbek GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov and Americans Hans Niemann and Abhimanyu Mishhr, are second with five points. They all won their relevant matches in the seventh round to move up to half a point of leadership.
R Pragnanandhaa defeated Israeli GM Maxim Rodshtein to move to 4.5 points and join 10 others, including Erigaisi and Pranav Venkatesh.
In the Women’s Section, defending the Vaishali Rameshbaba champion regained a single lead after defeating the Chinese Im Guo Qi to register his fifth victory in the competition.
GM Divya Deshmukh also raised victory.
The best two of each section will reach the 2026 candidates tournament, which will determine the Challenger for the next World Championship in male and female sections.
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Published:
Kingshuk Kusari
Published on:
September 12, 2025
