Fabiano Caruana Calls Gukesh's Wijk aan Zee Blunder 'Chess Blindness'

• Grandmaster Fabiano Caruana described D Gukesh’s blunder at Tata Steel Chess as “chess blindness,” a rare mistake.
• Caruana analyzed Gukesh’s round 6 loss to Nodirbek Abdusattorov on his C-Squared Podcast, emphasizing it was not due to poor form.
• Gukesh, 19, suffered back-to-back defeats, moving out of title contention after a blunder that cost him a rook and a pawn.
• Caruana explained Gukesh missed the Queen f6 move, attributing it to a lapse in pattern recognition rather than loss of focus.
• He noted that such 'chess blindness' can affect any top player, but Gukesh's blunder was particularly dramatic and costly.

Why It Matters: Fabiano Caruana attributes Gukesh's rare blunder at Tata Steel Chess to 'chess blindness,' a lapse in pattern recognition.