Photograph: Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour 2025/Instagram World champion D Gukesh finished last after losing to Iranian-French Grandmaster Alireza Firouzja in the second game of their seventh ...

Hamburg: World champion D Gukesh finished last after losing to Iranian-French grandmaster Alireza Firouzja in the second game of their seventh-place playoff match at the Freestyle Chess Grand Slam ...

Gukesh secured eighth place with 3.5 points. Alireza Firouzja and Javokhir Sindarov topped the table, followed by Fabiano Caruana. The event features a USD 750,000 prize pool.

The test of time started in the middle game when Gukesh made a mistake and had to part with his queen for two pieces, while Firouzja made good use of his material advantage. HAMBURG: World ...