Grand Chess Tour, Saint Louis: Gukesh in Fourth Spot After Rapid Section

Gukesh slips to tied sixth at St. Louis Rapid and Blitz

Gukesh slips to tied sixth at St. Louis Rapid and Blitz

Grand Chess Tour, Saint Louis: Gukesh in fourth spot after rapid section

Heading into the blitz section, Gukesh has 10 points and trails Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (11 points), Levon Aronian (13 points) and Fabiano Caruana (14 points).

St. Louis Rapid and Blitz: Gukesh beats Caruana to stand at fourth spot

St Louis (USA), Aug 14 (PTI) World champion D Gukesh overcame a loss against Leinier Dominguez Perez of the United States to beat the American duo of Wesley So and Fabiano Caruana to stand at fourth spot at the end of the rapid section of the St. Louis Rapid and Blitz, a part of the Grand Chess Tour, here. It was the third successive day that Gukesh started with a loss and still managed a fourth spot, which seems good, with 18 blitz games still …