GUKESH STARTS with a WIN as Reigning WORLD CHAMPION - TATA STEEL MASTERS 2025

GUKESH STARTS with a WIN as Reigning WORLD CHAMPION - TATA STEEL MASTERS 2025
Gukesh Dommaraju won his first game as reigning world champion, defeating Anish Giri of the Netherlands with white pieces in Round 1 of the Tata Steel Chess tournament in Wijk Aan Zee.
It was a dramatic finish to Gukesh's first game back on the board after becoming world chess champion in 2024, as he nearly lost the game with multiple blunders but Giri's late blunder himself gifted the Indian the win.
Source: Tata Steel Chess; Chess.com