India's 16-year-old Grand Master De Gukesh has also clinched the title by defeating Grand Master Viktor Mikhalevsky Victor of Israel in the last round of La Roda International Chess in Spain. After 9 rounds, with 7 wins and 2 draws, Gukesh has also secured the first position with a total of 8 points.

With this win, Gukesh has now made his place in the top 100 in the live world rankings for the first time with 2648 points. In the final round, playing with white pieces on the first board, Gukesh forced Victor to accept defeat in just 26 moves in the English Opening.

On the other board, India's R Praggnanandha and top seed Armenia's Hack Martirosyan saw a fierce fight in the last round, playing with white pieces, Praggnanandha made a lot of effort in the Nimjo Indian Opening but won 37 moves in the elephant's endgame. After that left on the draw. Hack second by scoring 7.5 points, Praggnanandha has come third on the basis of better tiebreak on 7 points.

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