- Indian Grandmaster D Gukesh has stunned former world rapid champion Nodirbek Abdusattorov of Uzbekistan in the final to win the World Chess Armageddon Asia & Oceania event.
- Gukesh emerged winner in a topsy-turvy summit clash.
- The first game of the ‘new’ match was a draw after a perpetual check from Gukesh.
- An Armageddon game is a variant of blitz chess to determine a winner after a series of a drawn game.
- A drawn game in Armageddon is counted as a win for Black.
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