Gukesh Dommaraju shone in the Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2025, defeating Pentala Harikrishna and leading the Masters standings alongside Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu and Nodirbek Abdusattorov. Arjun Erigaisi’s struggles continued with a loss to Max Warmerdam. In the Challengers section, Divya Deshmukh fell to Miaoyi Lu while Vaishali Rameshbabu drew against Arthur Pijpers.