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Gukesh won 6 out of the 9 matches played by the tournament, while two were drawn and lost in one.
Indian chess player D Gukesh has won the Rapid title at the ongoing Superunated Rapid and Blitz tournament in Jagreb city of Croatia.
The tournament is part of the Grand Chase Tour 2025 and Gukesh won the title by scoring 14 out of 18 points in the rapid format. American player Wesley So defeated Wesley So in final round In the last round, Gukesh defeated US veteran Vesley So in 36 tricks to name the Rapid title.
He won 6 out of the 9 matches played by the tournament, while two were drawn and lost in one. Gukesh lost his first match in the tournament Gukesh was defeated in 59 tricks by Poland’s Jegishshtoff Duda in the first match of the tournament. After this Gukesh returned.
He defeated Alirja Firoza and Commandan Praganand of France. In the fourth and fifth rounds of the tournament, Gukesh defeated Uzbekistan’s Nodirbek Abdotsatorov and Fabiano Karuana of the US, after which he faced Carlson. He defeated Carlson for the second time within a month.
Both were drawn on the third day On the third day of the tournament, both of Gukesh were drawn. He started the third day with a draw against Dutch Grandmaster Aneesh Giri. After that he played a long match against Croatia player Ivan Shariq. The match was also a draw.
Performance of Pragananand Prananand did not perform well in this tournament. He registered only one win against Ivan Shariq in 9 matches. At the same time, played 7 matches.
He earned a total of 9 points. Pragananand has finished third in the Bucharest phase and third in Warsaw, leading to a strong contender in the overall rankings of the Grand Chase Tour.
Carlson and Duda Status Magnus Carlson started the victory against Fabiano Karuana on the last day, but he could not challenge Gujkesh by playing a draw with Nodirbek Abdoustarov in the next game. At the same time, Duda, who defeated Gukesh, performed well in the entire tournament and finished second.
Now turn of blitz The Blitz phase of this tournament will start from Saturday and end on 6 July. Rapid and Blitz – The total winner will be decided on the basis of marks earned from both formats.
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