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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Leonard Barden

Chess: Gukesh joint last in Prague as world champion, 19, struggles for form

Gukesh Dommaraju finished in joint last place in Prague, scoring his only victory in the ninth and final round.
Gukesh Dommaraju finished in joint last place in Prague, scoring his only victory in the ninth and final round. Photograph: Gonzalo Fuentes/Reuters

India’s Gukesh Dommaraju, at 19 the youngest ever world champion, has had a hard time this year. The teenager has struggled at Wijk aan Zee, where he totalled a modest 50%, and then this week in Prague, where he finished joint last with 3.5/9, scoring his only victory of the tournament in the ninth and final round.

Prague was won by Nodirbek Abdusattorov on 6/9, as the Uzbekistan No 1 continued his winning streak from the London Classic and Wijk aan Zee.

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