Gukesh loses 3rd game in row as world champion’s woes against younger prodigies continue; to face Divya Deshmukh today

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written by Atharva Jori
At Grand Swiss, Gukesh has been held to a draw by 14-year-old Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus, handed a defeat by 16-year-old American GM Abhimanyu Mishra, and has now lost to another 16-year-old from Turkey, Ediz Gurel. In chess circles, there’s an informal club, whose membership swells by a little each year. It’s called the Mikhail Chigorin Club, named after the Soviet Union player who dueled in two World Championship matches against Wilhelm Steinitz but unfortunately lost both times. Membership of the the Mikhail Chigorin Club can be gained by defeating a reigning world champion in a classical chess game. players have already entered the club, with Ediz Gurel becoming the latest addition after taking down world champion Gukesh Dommaraju in round 7. Earlier, Abhimanyu Mishra and Nikolas Theodorou had also joined the club. Even after a rest day at the FIDE Grand Swiss tournament on Wednesday, there was no change in teenage world champion Gukesh’s fortunes. He lost his third game in a row, this time to Ediz Gurel, a teenage prodigy from Turkey. The boy from Chennai who last year became the youngest world champion in chess history at the age of 18, has been troubled by even younger grandmasters at the Grand Swiss tournament in Samarkand. It’s been less than a year that Gukesh has been anointed the king of the sport of 64 squares, but it’s already starting to feel as if he has a target on his back. And those trying to take the 19-year-old down are getting younger and younger. So far at Grand Swiss, he has been held to a draw by 14-year-old Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus, handed a defeat by 16-year-old American GM Abhimanyu Mishra, and has now lost to another 16-year-old from Turkey, Ediz Gurel. He also played out a draw against Arjun Erigaisi. He also lost to Greek grandmaster Nikolas Theodorou in between the defeats to Mishra and Gurel.

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