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.