By Our Special Correspondent
Grandmaster Dommaraju Gukesh won his third consecutive tournament in Spain as he scored an unbeaten 8/10 to claim first place at the Chessable Sunway Formentera Open. After missing several tournament triumphs on tiebreaks, Gukesh registered an outright victory in Formentera by finishing a half point ahead of the field.
Thus, Gukesh won three tournaments in a row in Spain without conceding a single game. His unbeaten streak, which started on April 12, is now at 26 games. He first won the La Roda Open (8/9), followed by the Menorca Open (6/7) and the Chessable Sunway Formentera Open (8/10). Gukesh gained a lot of points to jump to world No 66 in the live ratings. He is the fifth highest-ranked Indian player with a live rating of 2674.6.
Gukesh — who is in the best form of his career and a part of the Indian team for the chess Olympiad — is keen to learn and work on every input from the legendary Vishy Anand, Boris Gelfand and all the coaches at the Indian team Olympiad camp.
Excerpts: Q: How do you feel after posting a hat-trick of title triumphs? Happy and satisfied with my play. Trusted my intuition more and played freely without much self doubt.
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