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World No. 3 Fabiano Caruana defeated D Gukesh in the Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour quarterfinals at Weissenhaus in Germany on Monday. After losing a thrilling first leg of the quarterfinals on Sunday, India's World Champion was in a must-win situation in the second leg, where he played black.
World No. 3 Fabiano Caruana was mighty impressed by Gukesh remaining ice cold under pressure.
The Norwegian defeated Gukesh in their first meeting since the latter became World Chess Champion.
Gukesh failed to win any of his nine qualifying rounds in the Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour, but advanced to the knockouts as the last qualifier.
Carlsen and Gukesh will face-off in round nine of the Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour at Weissenhaus in Germany on Saturday.
Magnus Carlsen headlines the rebellious event that triggered an ugly spat with FIDE.
FIDE has taken back its demand on players to sign a waiver note to participate in the Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour set to begin on February 7.
The Norwegian has put Arkady Dvorkovich in a spot in connection with Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour.
The World No 1 has spoken about the first time he sensed Gukesh was meant for bigger things.
Viswanathan Anand’s withdrawal from Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour has put the reigning World Champion in a tight spot.
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