D Gukesh will need to beat Fabiano Caruana in game 2 of the quarterfinals of the Freestyle Chess Grand Tour to stay alive in the competition.

Before the Weissenhaus quarter-finals, fans were left shocked when Fabiano Caruana handpicked D Gukesh as his opponent.

D Gukesh resigned in 40 moves in Game 1 of his quarter-final meeting with Fabiano Caruana despite playing with white pieces, the defeat extending his winless run at the Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour event in Weissenhaus as a result.

Alireza Firouzja of France defeated tournament leader Javokhir Sindarov of Uzbekistan in the final round to top the tables.

World Champion D Gukesh suffered a rare setback in normal time control, losing to USA's Fabiano Caruana in the first game of the quarterfinals of the Freestyle Grand Slam chess tournament.

Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour 2025 Weissenhaus LIVE Updates: After finishing at the edge of the qualification zone with 3.5 points thanks to seven draws and two defeats, including against Magnus Carlsen,

World Champion D Gukesh faced a setback against USA's Fabiano Caruana in the Freestyle Grand Slam chess quarterfinals in Hamburg, failing to capitalize on a crucial queen sacrifice opportunity. Magnus Carlsen secured a win over Nodirbek Abdusattorov,

Finishing eighth among 10 participants, Gukesh just about made it to the knockout stage edging out Vladimir Fedoseev of Slovenia and Levon Aronian of United States, the last two finishers in the round-robin stage that was played under rapid-chess rules.

Gukesh will have a chance to level on Monday when the two players play the second game of the quarter-final with colours reversed. Gukesh went winless in the rapid section of the event to figure out seedings for knockout stage.