India's Gukesh scored a win over compatriot Leon Mendonca in ninth round of the Tata Steel Masters to go clear at the top.

In Round 10 of the Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2025, Gukesh Dommaraju retained his lead, defeating Max Warmerdam. Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu outplayed

Gukesh now sits half a point ahead of Uzbekistan’s Nodirbek Abdusattorov, while R Praggnanandhaa holds third place with 6.5 points

India's Gukesh scored a win over compatriot Leon Mendonca in ninth round of the Tata Steel Masters to go clear at the top.

D Gukesh stayed unbeaten in Tata Steel Chess 2025 as he defeated Max Warmerdam with black pieces for his fifth win and remained at the top of the standings after Round 10. Gukesh is also very close to 2800 ELo rating points.

Gukesh Dommaraju has taken the lead in the Tata Steel Chess Masters standings after defeating compatriot Leon Luke Mendonca. In other matches, Nodirbek Abdusattorov drew against Fabiano Caruana, while Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu was defeated by Anish Giri.

Wijk Aan Zee: World champion D Gukesh defeated Dutch Grandmaster Max Warmerdam to stay in sole lead on 7.5 points at the end of the 10th round of Tata Steel Chess tournament here.

D Gukesh has secured the sole lead at the ongoing Tata Steel Chess Masters 2025 after beating Leon Luke Mendonca in round nine. This is Gukesh’s first tournament since becoming the world chess champion.

Gukesh Dommaraju shone in the Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2025, defeating Pentala Harikrishna and leading the Masters standings alongside Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu and Nodirbek Abdusattorov. Arjun Erigaisi's struggles continued with a loss to Max Warmerdam.

Gukesh, who became the youngest World Chess Champion in Singapore last month, beating Ding Liren in the final, secured his fourth win of the tournament in just 43 moves.

The world champion leads compatriot Praggnanandhaa and Uzbekistan's Nodirbek Abdusattorov on tie break criteria. Can he hold on?