D GUKESH experienced a disappointing departure during the Grand Slam tour of the Freestyle 2025 chess, not having won a single match in the opening event in Weissenhaus, Germany and finishing 8th out of 10 players accordingly.
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Gukesh Domomiraju recently experienced one of the lowest moments of his career on his return from the opening event of the Grand Salm Freestyle tour in Weissenhaus, Germany, without a single victory. Only two months after having become the youngest world champion in the history of chess, Gukesh finished 8th of the 10 players at the Weissenhaus Private Nature Luxury Resort located on the German Baltic Coast in the North.
Gukesh coach Grzegorz Gajewski had recently come to his defense, declaring that the failure of chess960 is quite different from classic failures – the format in which Gukesh has experienced much more success in his career. And in echo the views of the Grand Polish Master, the legend of Hungarian failures Judit Polgar, who said that the failures of Freestyle are “competent”.
“Oh, it’s completely different, because you have to have a completely different state of mind, completely different priorities, both we are used to, because as I have already said, you can’t look for ‘Harmony, you must really see it very concretely in some respects. At the same time, you sometimes have to look at it from a strategic point of view, “said the managing director India chess.
Judit Polgar cites the example of Magnus Carlsen
Polgar, widely considered as the greatest chess player of all time, continued to cite the example of the world champion n ° 1 and five times Magnus Carlsen while explaining why it is not easy for the Best of players to adapt to the failures of freestyle.
“So, for example, Magnus complained of not bringing his knight out to G6 because Knight F3, Knight G5, yesterday, right? Yes. So there are a lot of small details to which we are absolutely not used to, so you must have an extremely fresh look.
“I think there is very little that you can assemble and count in your classic way of thinking of failures. At the same time, I think it’s very interesting, it’s for people who want to blow and show their creativity at all levels, ”she added.
Chess960, also known as Fischer Random after the deceased legend of American chess Bobby Fischer, differs from formats established in that the parts of the bottom line are organized at random, and the layout is known to players 15 minutes Before the start of a match.
After his disappointing performance in Weissenhaus, Gukesh was confirmed for the second event of the inaugural tour of the Grand Chelem of the Freestyle chess in Paris in April. The world champion, however, will not be the only Indian in action, with Arjun Erigaisi and Tata Steel Chess 2025, R Praggnanandhaa, he also began to participate.
