HIL: Shrachi Rarh Bengal Tigers vs Tamil Nadu Dragons at 6 PM in the first semifinal, followed by JSW Soorma HC vs Hyderabad Toofans at 8:15 PM. Badminton: Former world no. 1 Kidambi Srikanth plays in the quarterfinal of the Thailand Masters Super 300.

Gukesh defeated Mendonca to claim the sole lead at Tata Steel Chess. Fedoseev beats Harikrishna to move up in the standings and share 2nd-3rd place with Abdusattorov, achieving his career-high ranking as World 14.

Praggnanandhaa will meet pre-event rating favourite Fabiano Caruana of United States while Abdusattorov has to tackle the solid defences of Vincent Keymer of Germany in the other key clashes of the 11th round.

World Champion D Gukesh crashed through the defences of compatriot Leon Luke Mendonca in the ninth round to jump into sole lead at the Tata Steel Master here. On a day when R Praggnanandhaa lost his first game against Dutch GM Anish Giri,

Gukesh Dommaraju has taken the lead in the Tata Steel Chess Masters standings after defeating compatriot Leon Luke Mendonca. In other matches, Nodirbek Abdusattorov drew against Fabiano Caruana, while Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu was defeated by Anish Giri.

Grandmaster R Praggnanadhaa played out a solid draw with World champion D Gukesh in the eighth round of the Tata Steel Masters here.

Playing the white side of a Berlin defence, Praggnanandhaa had a slightly favourable position optically, but Gukesh was always on the guard. It was in the early middle game that Gukesh sacrificed a pawn to get his counterplay rolling, and even though Praggnanandhaa tried to make use of it, the game was always closer to a draw.

It’s something of a rite of passage in chess — the new champ is a marked man when he first returns to the board. Indian teenager Dommaraju Gukesh, who became the youngest world champion ever when he dethroned Chinese GM Deng Liren in their December title match,

Grandmaster R Praggnanandhaa held a draw against world champion D Gukesh in the eighth round of the Tata Steel Masters. Both remain joint leaders with Nodirbek Abdusattorov. Among other Indian players,

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