In a result that has sent shockwaves through the chess world, reigning world champion D Gukesh suffered a stunning defeat at the hands of 12-year-old Sergey Sklokin at the FIDE World Blitz Championship 2025.

Magnus Carlsen has often been known to not take losses in the right spirit. The superstar chess Grandmaster quite infamously lost his cool after losing to the reigning world champion D Gukesh at Norway Chess in June

India's chess ace D Gukesh had said ahead of the FIDE World Rapid Championships that he didn't have a lot of expectations from the season-ending event in Doha.

Magnus Carlsen has continued to remain the undisputed king of chess for another year and will be firm favourite in the season-ending FIDE World Rapid and Blitz Championship.

World champion D Gukesh will get the opportunity to end the season on a high following an underwhelming season, while Koneru Humpy will aim to defend her title when the star-studded FIDE World Rapid and Blitz Championships get underway on Thursday.

"Vishy's children are on the loose" is a famous quote by chess legend Garry Kasparov, referring to the incredible rise of young Indian chess prodigies.

World champion D Gukesh bowed out of the Chess World Cup, losing the third-round match to Frederik Svane of Germany.

Grandmaster Arjun Erigaisi continued with his fine form to beat his Uzbek counterpart Shamsiddin Vokhidov in a clean attacking game, while world champion D Gukesh played out a draw.

The FIDE World Cup, one of the most prestigious global chess event, is being held in India after a gap of 23 years.

D Gukesh, who finished Day 1 as the leader of the standings in Clutch Chess: Champions showdown, slipped to the last spot on Day 2.