Current world champion D Gukesh made a comeback over Grigori Operin and Leim Le Quang, returning after the first round of Lavon Aronian’s first round from Lavon Aronian and finished joint third on the first day of the St. Louis Rapid and Blitz Chess tournament being played under the Grand Chess Tour.

Gukesh did not start well and lost to Aronian in a tough match of the first round. But after this, he made a brilliant comeback and defeated Operin and Leim in the other militants played on Monday and scored four out of six points.

American Grandmaster Aronian, who won the recently concluded freestyle chess tournament in Los Vegas, maintained their perfect score by defeating Uzbekistan’s Nodirback Abdotsattorov and France’s Maxim Watcher-Lagrev. Aronians are at the top with six points, while their compatriot Fabiano Caruana ranks second with two wins and five points after a draw.

Gukesh is jointly third with another American Wesley So, while the Vatier-Lagrev and Linier Dominguase Perez are in the fifth position with three-three points. Leem and Operin are in second place with two points each. Nodirbeck has a point in account, while Sam Shankaland ranks finally after losing all his matches. Gukesh suffered defeat in the first round due to the complications caused by Cairo ear defense game.

In the second round, the Indian player, playing with white pieces, sacrificed his queen to chew Openerin and easily win. In the last match of the day, Gukesh, who was playing with black pieces against Leem, faced difficulties again. But the Indian player kept pressure and finally he managed to win.