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Gukesh won 6 out of 9 matches in the tournament, played 2 draws 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 earning 14 out of 18 points in the rapid format.
In the last round, Gukesh defeated American player Wesley So in 36 tricks and won the Rapid title. Gukesh won 6 out of 9 matches in the tournament, 2 draws and lost in one
Gukesh lost his first match in the tournament Gukesh was defeated in 59 tricks by Poland’s life-Christoff Duda in the first match of the tournament. After this Gukesh returned. He defeated Alirja Firoza of France and Praganananda of India.
Gukesh defeated Uzbekistan’s Nodirbek Abdoustorov in the fourth round of the tournament and Fabiano Karuana of the US in the fifth round.
In the sixth round, Gukesh faced Norway’s Magnus Carlson, in which the Indian Grandmaster won. Gukesh defeated Carlson for the second time within a month. Gukesh also defeated Carlson on 2 June in the Norway Chase tournament.
Gukesh defeated World No-1 Magnus Carlson in the Jagreb Superunned tournament.
Both were drawn on the third day On the third day of the tournament (4 July), both of them were drawn. The day began with a draw against Dutch Grandmaster Anish Giri. He then played a long match of 87 tricks against Croatia player Ivan Shariq. This match was also a draw.
Prananand won only one win Prananand did not perform well in this tournament. He registered only one win against Ivan Shariq in 9 matches. At the same time, 7 matches were played, while one had to face defeat.
He earned a total of 9 points. Praganananda has finished third in Bucharest Phase and third in Warsaw. With this, he still remains a strong contender in the overall ranking of the Grand Chase Tour.
Carlson and Duda stayed at which position Magnus Carlson started a win against American player Fabiano Caruana on the last day of the tournament (4 July), but could not challenge Gujkesh by playing a draw with Nodirbek Abdoustorov in the next game. At the same time, Duda, who defeated Gukesh in the first round, performed well throughout the tournament and finished second.
Now the Blitz Phase of the tournament will be played The Blitz phase of this tournament will start from Saturday and end on 6 July. Rapid and Blitz – The overall winner will be decided based on the marks earned from both formats.
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This is Gukesh’s second consecutive win over Carlson. Last month, he defeated Carlson in Norway Chess. Full news