Written by Amit Kamath Updated: January 19, 2025 01:28 IST

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Tata Steel Chess 2025 Round 1 Live Updates, January 18: The cream of India's chess talent is playing at Wijk aan Zee this year. Besides Gukesh, Harikrishna, Arjun Erigaisi, Praggnanandhaa, Leon Mendonca, Vaishali and Divya Deshmukh are in action.

ata Steel Chess Tournament 2025 Round 1 Live Updates: Gukesh defeated Anish Giri in the first round at Wijk aan Zee in what was the 18-year-old's first match since becoming world champion. (Screenshot: YouTube/Chess24)

Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2025, Round 1 Live Updates, Gukesh D vs Anish Giri, Pentala Harikrishna vs Arjun Erigaisi, Praggnanandhaa R vs Nodirbek Abdusattorov, Leon Luke Mendonca vs Vincent Keymer: Gukesh, who was playing with white pieces against Anish Giri, has won his first game as the world champion in the first round of the Tata Steel Chess tournament.

This was Gukesh’s first game after becoming the youngest world champion in the history of chess. Gukesh was in New Delhi on Friday accepting the prestigious Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award from President Droupadi Murmu and flew directly to the Netherlands to play in an event which has been called the Wimbledon of chess.

Meanwhile, in the battle royale between the two Indians, the veteran Pentala Harikrishna took down Arjun Erigaisi, who is currently the top-ranked Indian in the world after a long battle. Harikrishna had seconded Gukesh at the World Chess Championship recently.

Elsewhere, Leon Luke Mendonca lost to Gukesh’s other second from the World Championship, Vincent Keymer, after forcing the German GM in trouble in the middle game.

In another game, Praggnanandhaa was in deep trouble on the clock and on the board against Nodirbek Abdusattorov, before the Uzbek grandmaster erred and allowed the Indian to get out of jail. The game ended in a draw.

In the challengers section, Vaishali Rameshbabu defeated Argentina’s Faustino Oro while Nodirbek Yakubboev defeated IM Divya Deshmukh.

You can check out the move by move action from all the games featuring Indian players and also play along in the interactives below. Scroll down to read our live updates in real time from the first round.

			Rating	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Total
1		Gukesh D	2777													1		1.0
2		Keymer, Vincent	2733														1	1.0
3		Harikrishna, Pentala	2695												1			1.0
4		Caruana, Fabiano	2803						½									0.5
5		Abdusattorov, Nodirbek	2768							½								0.5
6		Wei, Yi	2751				½											0.5
7		Praggnanandhaa R	2741					½										0.5
8		Fedoseev, Vladimir	2717									½						0.5
9		Van Foreest, Jorden	2680								½							0.5
10		Sarana, Alexey	2677											½				0.5
11		Warmerdam, Max	2646										½					0.5
12		Erigaisi Arjun	2801			0												0.0
13		Giri, Anish	2731	0														0.0
14		Mendonca, Leon Luke	2639		0													0.0