After losses in Round 13, D Gukesh and R Praggnanandhaa played out a tie-breaker in the 2025 Tata Steel Chess Masters, with the former coming good in sudden-death to win.

Despite the loss, Praggnanandhaa will play tie-break games of shorter duration against Gukesh after the two ended with identical 8.5 points each. The other contender Nodirbek Abdusattorov of Uzbekistan was denied the full point by P Harikrishna, who played a hard fought draw.

World champion D Gukesh and Grandmaster R Praggnanandhaa lost on a dramatic final day but still set up a tie-breaker at the end of the 13th and final round of the Tata Steel Chess tournament in Wijk Aan Zee on Sunday.

Tata Steel Chess 2025 is set for an exciting conclusion in Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands with D Gukesh and R Praggnanandhaa in pole position to become only the second Indian after the legendary Viswanathan Anand to win the prestigious tournament.

As the Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2025 heads into its final round, all eyes are on Indian prodigies D Gukesh a

World Champion D Gukesh played out a draw with Jorden van Foreest of Holland, while Grandmaster R Praggnanandhaa beat Alexey Sarana of Serbia as the two Indians shared the lead after a thrilling day at the Tata Steel Masters here.

Indian Grandmaster R Praggnanandhaa beat Alexey Sarana of Serbia to register his third straight victory and take his tally to a commendable 8.5 points after the end of the 12th and penultimate round of Tata Steel Masters here on Saturday.

Ahead of Sunday's final round, R Praggnanandhaa joins world champion D Gukesh atop the Tata Steel Masters standings

Tata Steel Chess Masters 2025 is on the verge of a historic finale, and it will India's two young chess grandmasters, Gukesh D and R Praggnanandhaa to battle it out for the title. There are five possible outcomes to the game.

Continuing his fine form in the Tata Steel Masters, Grandmaster R Praggnanandhaa played out a solid draw with world champion D Gukesh in the eighth round in Wijk Aan Zee