​Hikaru Nakamurastunned world championD Gukeshas India were whitewashed 0-5 by USA in the firstCheckmate, an evening of chess presented as alive arena spectaclein Arlington, USA.

While the match had many tense moments and players from both teams created winning chances, USA rose up to the occasion and scored several clutch wins.

Playing with black pieces, the Indians suffered a rough loss and would look to bounce back with white pieces in the return match in the second leg in India.

While Grandmaster Arjun Erigaisi lost toFabiano Caruana, Grandmaster Divya Deshmukh suffered shock defeat at the hands ofInternational MasterCarissa Yip.International master Levy Rozman then defeated Sagar Shah before chess prodigy Ethan Vaz lost to International master Tani Adewumi.