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D Gukesh suffers blunder loss to Nodirbek Abdusattorov in Tata Steel chess
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World champion D Gukesh endured a shocking defeat to Uzbekistan's Nodirbek Abdusattorov in the sixth round of the Tata Steel Chess Tournament due to a critical one-move blunder. The Indian grandmaster pushed his rook from g6 to g5, leaving a pawn undefended and allowing a fork on his king and rook. This marked Gukesh's first loss of 2026 and at Wijk aan Zee.
Nordirbek Abdusattorov of Uzbekistan claimed victory at the Tata Steel Chess tournament in the Netherlands, which concluded on February 1. Fellow Uzbek Javokhir Sindarov finished second. A notable moment came in Abdusattorov's sixth-round game against world champion D. Gukesh, where a blunder led to Gukesh's resignation.