India, Feb. 13 -- D Gukesh's miserable form in Fischer Random chess continued and he crumbled under time pressure on Wednesday, at the first leg of the Freestyle Grand Slam Tour at Weissenhaus in Wangels (Germany). The reigning World Champion lost to Hikaru Nakamura in the 5-8 classification playoff match. The World No. 3 ended up winning 1.5-0.5 in the rapid tiebreaker round.

It wasn't an easy showdown for both GMs, as they have been in poor form lately. In the rapid tiebreak round, both Grandmasters drew the first game with Nakamura playing with the white pieces. Then the veteran dealt the decisive blow to finally get his win in the next game, this time with black pieces.

Speaking to Chess.com, Nakamura called out Gukesh's weakness in...