The defending world champion of Gukesh remains without victory after four laps in the tournament in which he had entered as seeded and a crushing favorite, after playing a draw in each of the first three laps before losing against Maxime Vachier-Lagrave on Saturday.
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The reigning classic world champion, D GUKESH, underwent an astonishing fourth round defeat against the big Maxime Vachier-Lagrave in the classic superbt tournament in Bucharest, in Romania on Saturday. The world n ° 3, which is the seeded as well as the crushing favorite in the price tournament of US $ 3,50,000, has not yet received a victory with five laps to play, after raising three draws before its defeat against Vachier-Lagrave.
One day when R Praggnanandhaa played a draw with the local hope ofac Bogdan-Daniel, Levon Aronian in the United States was the only other winner marking his first victory at the expense of Duda Jan Krzysztof in Poland.
In other matches of the day, Fabiano Caruana of the United States played a draw with Nodirbek Abdusattorov from Ouzbékistan, while Iranian who became French Firouzja Alireza signed peace with American Wesley So.
Caruana, Pragg and Vachier-Lagrave shared the advance on 2.5 points from the first four laps and they are followed by Alireza, Wesley, Aronian and Deac on two points each.
GUKESH is currently sharing 8th place on 1.5 points with Abdusattorov and DUDA.
After four laps, GMS Fabiano Caruana, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave and Ramehbabu Praggnanandhaa share the head with 2.5 points each in the #Superbetchessclassicromania #Grandchesstour.
Tour 4 has fought intense battles, with Vachier-Lagrave beating the world champion Gukesh D and… pic.twitter.com/edrk8qjpkc– Grand Chess Tour (@grandchesstour) May 10, 2025
It is the opening of the scotch that turned out to be an obstacle in the quest for gukesh as a black. The Indian opted for a less popular variation and even if the position seemed level in the medium game that followed, Gukesh has never been really out of muddy waters.
Vachier-Lagrave used his chances to considerably weaken Gukesh custody on the queen side through bulk pawns, then the game suddenly ended suddenly while Gukesh realized that the weaknesses were unsuitable. It was in place in only 31 movements.
Praggnanandhaa had no chance because Deac was probably satisfied with a draw like White. The pieces were exchanged at regular intervals and the game was a little boring for the chess buffs which looked at a battle in its own right. Pragg could do little and attract 35 movements.
Round 4 results: Deac Bogdan Daniel (Rou, 2) drew with R Praggnanandhaa (Ind, 2.5); Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA, 2.5) beat D Gukesh (Ind, 1.5); Duda Jan Krzysztof (POL, 1.5) lost against levon Aronian (USA, 2); Firouzja Alireza (Fra, 2) drew with Wesley So (USA, 2); Nodirbek Abdusattorov (UZB, 1.5) drew with Fabiano Caruana (United States, 2.5).
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