FIDE Grand Swiss Round 4: Divya Deshmukh stuns Amin Bassem; Gukesh-Arjun ends in draw, Pragg draws too

FIDE Grand Swiss 2025 Round 4: World champion Gukesh Dommaraju greets young chess fans from Uzbekistan on a day he played against Arjun Erigaisi in the fourth round at Samarkand. (PHOTO: FIDE via Michal Walusza)

FIDE Grand Swiss 2025 Chess Round 4: Divya Deshmukh managed to stun Egyptian grandmaster Amin Bassem in 46 moves to register her first victory at the FIDE Grand Swiss in the fourth round. Meanwhile, Gukesh Dommaraju and Arjun Erigaisi, two of the strongest Indian grandmasters, have played out a draw in round 4 of the FIDE Grand Swiss tournament on Sunday. Gukesh, the youngest world champion in chess history, had opted for an Catalan Opening with white pieces against Arjun, who has also recently broken into the elusive 2800-ratings club.

The third member of India’s golden generation of chess prodigies, Praggnanandhaa, was also held to a draw by Indian-origin American prodigy Abhimanyu Mishra after taking down chess legend Boris Gelfand in the previous round on Saturday. Abhimanyu Mishra is the world’s youngest grandmaster in chess history.

Vidit Gujrathi, meanwhile, was held to a draw by the veteran Vasly Ivanchuk after a game that stretched over six hours.

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In the interactive embeds below, you can follow all the top games involving Indian players from Grand Swiss today. You can also scroll past the interactives and read our live commentary and analysis of the games

INTERACTIVE: Gukesh Dommaraju vs Arjun Erigaisi

INTERACTIVE: Praggnanandhaa R vs Abhimanyu Mishra

INTERACTIVE: Vidit Santosh Gujrathi vs Vasyl Ivanchuk

INTERACTIVE: Divya Deshmukh vs Amin Bassem

INTERACTIVE: Vaishali Rameshbabu vs Dinara Wagner

INTERACTIVE: Vantika Agrawal vs Alexandra Kosteniuk

How Boris Gelfand lost to Praggnanandhaa in one single blunder

After playing his 60th move with just one second left, Boris Gelfand calmly got up and walked away from the chessboard, leaving his young opponent R Praggnanandhaa to consider his next move in their third-round clash at the FIDE Grand Swiss tournament. Gelfand was relieved; he had just unlocked an additional 15 minutes on his clock by reaching the 60-move mark and had successfully matched his opponent for nearly six hours. But when he returned a few minutes later and saw Pragg’s response, his relief vanished, and he slumped into his chair as if he'd been hit with a knockout blow. Read Amit Kamath's piece on how Gelfand's blunder became Pragg's gain