Chess Blunder

World chess champion D Gukesh endured a shocking one-move blunder in the sixth round of the Tata Steel Chess 2026 Masters, leading to his first defeat of the year against Nodirbek Abdusattorov. The 19-year-old Indian prodigy followed it with another loss to Anish Giri in the seventh round, marking back-to-back setbacks. Despite the mishap, Gukesh bounced back by defeating Vladimir Fedoseev on Sunday.