Gukesh loses to 12-year-old in FIDE World Blitz Championship
Indian Grandmaster and World chess champion suffered an ignominious loss to a 12-year-old, Sergey Sklokin, on Monday during the World Blitz Championship in Qatar.
Playing with white pieces, Sklokin, who is a FIDE Master, started with e5 and forced the Indian to resign on the 80th move. Sklokin had the advantage of two pawns on open files and a bishop at this point.
Gukesh had won the opening two rounds against Aditya Mittal and Lodici Lorenzo, but suffered the defeat in the third. Sklokin was unbeaten after three round.
Published on Dec 29, 2025