Gukesh finishes second to Aronian in WR Chess Masters

Gukesh finishes second to Aronian in WR Chess Masters

An unbeaten D. Gukesh produced a commendable display of consistency over nine rounds of WR Chess Masters to finish second-best to Levon Aronian in an elite field in Dusseldorf on Saturday.

Vintage Aronian wins WR Chess Masters 2023, Gukesh shares second place with Nepomniachtchi - ChessBase India

Levon Aronian made a quick 18-move draw against D Gukesh in the final round of WR Chess Masters 2023. The world no.17 just wanted to end his bad streak of Classical games. He wanted to be in a much more relaxed headspace. Well if anyone knows anything about tie-breaks, it has to be Aronian as he is the only person in history to have won the World Cup twice. Ian Nepomniachtchi won a long battle against Vincent Keymmer to make the Playoffs a three…