D GUKESH resigned in 40 movements in match 1 of his meeting in the quarter -final with Fabiano Caruana despite white songs, the defeat extending its race without victory during the tour of the Grand Slam Freestyle Chess in Weissenhaus accordingly.
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Gukesh’s disappointing race will Domomilju during the Grand Chelem tour of the Freestyle chess continued while the reigning world champion underwent his second successive defeat in Weissenhaus on Sunday. Gukesh’s latest setback came against the Grand Master Italian-American Fabiano Caruana in the first of the two games in the quarter-final, in which the 18-year-old Indian resigned in 40 moves to give his opponent an advance of 1- 0.
Caruana, who was the leader at the end of the opening day before going to third place on Saturday, has one foot in the semi-finals following his victory while Gukesh has let the dark prospect of passing By a whole tournament without a single victory, something that would rarely be associated with a player of his stature.
As it happened | Freestyle chess Grand Slam Tour 2025, day 3
Gukesh had left with a draw against “Fabi” in his first game on Saturday, setting up an animated fight even after committing an error in his 34th blow, which made the two players shake hands after hand after 61 Movements. The draw against Caruana was followed by a similar result against Vladimir Fedoseev, before losing his last match of the day against Magnus Carlsen during his first confrontation against the world n ° 1 of the crown.
Match 1 between Gukesh and Caruana was in balance during most of the game after the latter chose to lock the horns with the world champion while playing with black pieces. The Stockfish engine has even looked heavily in favor of Gukesh at a given time when it was making a series of good decisions around the stadium halfway.
As was the case in defeat against Carlsen on Saturday, it was an error that turned the tide in favor of his opponent. Only this time, Chennai’s boy made the error during his 25th decision by launching a queen exchange along C4. Caruana was quick to offer a check with his rook Five movements later, and from there, there was no look for the 32 -year -old man.
Fabiano Caruana ends in a superb style, eliminates the world champion of Gukesh in the match 1 of the quarterfinals of the great Freestyle Chess! pic.twitter.com/qlnasss8hp
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During the other meetings in the quarter -finals at the Weissenhaus Private Nature Luxury Resort in northern Germany, Magnus Carlsen continued his beautiful form by putting Nodirbek Abdusattorov a defeat in 27 movements. Meanwhile, the local favorite Vincent Keymer succeeded in something upset by beating Alireza Firouzja, who had finished at the top of the round classification, with black parts.
The only match of day 3 which ended in a dead end was the one between Javokhir Sindarov and Hikaru Nakamura.
Although Caruana has a footing in the semi-finals, Gukesh will have another chance to retaliate on Monday in match 2 of the quarter-finals in which the colors will be reversed. If Gukesh puts an end to his race without a victory in Weissenhaus and the fact 1-1, the quarter-final will be decided in a series of shooting broom which will be played with shorter time orders.
If the two players remain in terms of level even after the breakage equally, the winner of the quarter -final will be decided via an Armageddon confrontation.
