Indian chess player D Gukesh has won the rapid title at the ongoing Superunited Rapid and Blitz tournament in Zagreb, Croatia. The tournament is part of the Grand Chess Tour 2025 and Gukesh won the title by scoring 14 out of 18 points in the rapid format. Gukesh won the rapid title by defeating American player Wesley So in 36 moves in the last round. Gukesh won 6 out of 9 matches in the tournament, drew 2 and lost one.
Gukesh was defeated by Poland’s Jan-Krzysztof Duda in 59 moves in the very first match of the tournament. After this, Gukesh made a comeback. He defeated Alireza Firouzja of France and Praggnanandhaa of India. Gukesh had defeated Uzbekistan’s Nodirbek Abdusattorov in the fourth round of the tournament and Fabiano Caruana of the United States in the fifth round. In the sixth round, Gukesh faced Norway’s Magnus Carlsen, in which the Indian Grandmaster won. Gukesh has defeated Carlsen for the second time within a month. Gukesh had also defeated Carlsen in the Norway Chess Tournament on June 2.
On the third day of the tournament (July 4), both the matches of Gukesh were drawn. He started the day with a draw against Dutch Grandmaster Anish Giri. After that, he played a long match of 87 moves against Ivan Sharic of Croatia. This match was also a draw. Praggnanandhaa’s performance in this tournament was not good. He registered only one win in 9 matches against Ivan Sharik. At the same time, he played 7 draws, while he had to face defeat in one.He earned a total of 9 points. Praggnanandhaa has been the winner of the Bucharest phase and third in Warsaw. This makes him still a strong contender in the overall ranking of the Grand Chess Tour.