Grand Chess Tour, Saint Louis: Gukesh slips to sixth on second day of rapid section
Gukesh, the reigning world champion in classical chess, began the second day with a loss to American GM Sam Shankland with black pieces. He followed it up with draws against French GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave and Uzbek GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov.
World No. 3 Fabiano Caruana took the lead with 10 points after a draw against fellow American Wesley So, and wins over Shankland and Day 1 leader Levon Aronian.
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Format
The 10-player event is a single round robin in the Rapid section, with two points for a win and one for a draw. After nine rounds, the Blitz section will follow — a double round robin with one point for a win and 0.5 for a draw. The player with the highest total points across both formats will be crowned champion.
The Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz is the fourth leg of the 2025 Grand Chess Tour and the final rapid-and-blitz event of the season.
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