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Gukesh turns tables on Anish Giri in first round; P Harikrishna beats Arjun Erigaisi

Sportstar | 19/01/2025 02:04 PM | Click to read full article
Receiving his Khel Ratna on Friday and then taking a flight to Amsterdam, World Champion D Gukesh reached barely hours before the start of Tata Steel Masters' first round against Holland's Giri. Leon Luke Mendonca let a nearly won position slip out of hand as he made several errors that gave German Vincent Keymer a winning start while R Praggnanandhaa put up a stiff resistance against Nodirbek Abdusattorov to draw eventually.