Gukesh Dommaraju maintains his lead at the 2025 Tata Steel Chess Masters as Vincent Keymer holds Nodirbek Abdusattorov to a draw. With just a few rounds left, the battle for the title intensifies.

Gukesh Dommaraju has taken the lead in the Tata Steel Chess Masters standings after defeating compatriot Leon Luke Mendonca. In other matches, Nodirbe

It’s something of a rite of passage in chess — the new champ is a marked man when he first returns to the board. Indian teenager Dommaraju Gukesh, who became the youngest world champion ever when he dethroned Chinese GM Deng Liren in their December title match,

It was the second time at the tournament that Gukesh beat one of his seconds for the 2024 FIDE World Championship. He had earlier beaten Vincent Keymer, and now Harikrishna, who played one of Ding Liren's staple opening - the French.

After beating Mendonca in the ninth round to take the solo lead, D Gukesh said he was happy with the way he was playing at the Tata Steel Masters.