FIDE World Rapid & Blitz Championships 2025 - Doha

FIDE World Rapid & Blitz Championships 2025 - Doha

Gukesh Dommaraju (R) of india competes during the Rapid Open sixth round against Anish Kumar Giri of Netherlands at the FIDE World Rapid & Blitz Championships 2025 in Doha, Qatar, on Dec. 27, 2025. Photo by Nikku/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

Grand Chess Tour Romania 2025 - Bucharest

Grand Chess Tour Romania 2025 - Bucharest

World Champion chess grandmaster Gukesh Dommaraju of India holds his playing order number during the official opening ceremony of the Grand Chess Tour 2025 tournament in Bucharest, Romania, May 6, 2025. Photo by Cristian Cristel/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

Grand Chess Tour Romania 2025 - Bucharest

Grand Chess Tour Romania 2025 - Bucharest

World Champion chess grandmaster Gukesh Dommaraju of India makes a move during a demonstrative simultaneous chess game with Romanian children and teenager players at the official opening ceremony of the Grand Chess Tour 2025 tournament in Bucharest, Romania, May 6, 2025. Photo by Cristian Cristel/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

Chinese player Wei Yi wins 2024 Tata Steel Chess Tournament

STORY: Chinese player Wei Yi wins 2024 Tata Steel Chess Tournament SHOOTING TIME: Jan. 28, 2024 DATELINE: Jan. 30, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:28 LOCATION: THE HAGUE, the Netherlands CATEGORY: SPORTS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the final round of the Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2024 in Wijk aan Zee, the Netherlands STORYLINE: Chinese grandmaster Wei Yi claimed the Tata Steel Chess Tournament title for the first time in the Netherlands on Sunday, beating Gukesh Dommaraju from India in a sensational tiebreak decider. It was the 86th edition of the prestigious chess tournament held at Wijk aan Zee, a village on the Dutch west coast. In the final, the 24-year-old grandmaster Wei, 16th in the FIDE world ranking, defeated Gukesh with a draw with the black pieces and a victory with white. In the 13th and final regular round of the tournament earlier on Sunday, Wei beat Vidit Santosh Gujrathi from India, defending champion Anish Giri from the Netherlands defeated compatriot Max Warmerdam, Nodirbek Abdusattorov from

(SP)NETHERLANDS-WIJK AAN ZEE-CHESS TOURNAMENT

(SP)NETHERLANDS-WIJK AAN ZEE-CHESS TOURNAMENT

(230115) -- WIJK AAN ZEE, Jan. 15, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Ding Liren (L) of China competes against Dommaraju Gukesh of India during the Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2023 in Wijk aan Zee, the Netherlands, Jan. 14, 2023. (Photo by Sylvia Lederer/Xinhua)

(SP)NETHERLANDS-WIJK AAN ZEE-CHESS TOURNAMENT

(SP)NETHERLANDS-WIJK AAN ZEE-CHESS TOURNAMENT

(230115) -- WIJK AAN ZEE, Jan. 15, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Ding Liren of China reacts while playing against Dommaraju Gukesh of India during the Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2023 in Wijk aan Zee, the Netherlands, Jan. 14, 2023. (Photo by Sylvia Lederer/Xinhua)