Overview

• Fabiano Caruana led the rapid phase with 14 points, edging Levon Aronian (13) and Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (11) to claim top spot
• World champion D Gukesh recovered from an early loss to defeat Wesley So and Caruana in the final rounds, finishing fourth on 10 points
• The upcoming blitz segment’s double round-robin format carries 18 games that can reshuffle the leaderboard and decide the overall event
• Gukesh said opponents are more motivated to face him since his world title and aims to overcome past blitz inconsistencies in the next phase
• In Chennai’s Grand Masters classical event, Vincent Keymer holds the lead after seven rounds with Arjun Erigaisi and Awonder Liang close behind