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A day before he turned 20, world champion Gukesh picked up a fight on the board against world no 1 Magnus Carlsen. And lost.

The youngest world champion showed improvement in rapid chess, though recurring blitz troubles denied him a stronger finish in Warsaw

It was a day of extremes for Gukesh. From nine rounds of blitz, he walked away with just four points through three wins, two draws, and four losses.

Gukesh took down Fabiano Caruana in the ninth round of rapid portion of the Super Rapid and Blitz tournament.

Just like the Carlsen result last year, Gukesh’s victory over Sindarov at the Super Rapid and Blitz tournament in Warsaw was swimming in subtext

World champion D Gukesh drew a game he was winning. Then lost a game which was ambling towards a draw. The 29-year-old finally ended his day by winning a game where he was under significant pressure.

At a felicitation event, Gukesh said: "I was following Vaishali akka's game (in the last round of the Candidates). I screamed when she won."

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