India, Dec. 18 -- Reigning world champion Gukesh Dommaraju and India No.1 Arjun Erigaisi picked up their first wins of the ongoing Global Chess League season, as they led the PBG Alaskan Knights to its first triumph this term, beating the Alpine SG Pipers 12-8.

Gukesh used white pieces to beat world No.3 Fabiano Caruana on the "icon" board. In the other games in the tie, world No.5 Arjun Erigaisi beat Dutch Grandmaster Anish Giri, while veteran American Leinier Dominguez Perez pulled off an upset win over R Praggnanandhaa.

On the women's board, Kateryna Lagno beat former world champion Hou Yifan to secure the win for the Knights.

Meanwhile, Nino Batsiashvili and Leon Luke Mendonca won their matches for the SG Pipers, beating Sara Khade...