India, Sept. 12 -- D Gukesh is currently in poor form and the reigning World Champion suffered his third defeat in a row at the FIDE Grand Swiss tournament, on Thursday. The 19-year-old lost to Turkish GM Ediz Gurel, who is 16, in the seventh round of the tournament. Before losing to Gurel, Gukesh lost to Abhimanyu Mishra and Nikolas Theodorou in Round 5 and 6 respectively.

Speaking after his win against Gukesh, Gurel said, "It was a crazy tough game."

"I was pretty happy to see the pairings. It's always great to play the world champion, whether I lose or not. yeah, he's not doing so well in this tournament, but I believe he can just pull things through. He's a great player, a world champion!"

It was an epic match as Gurel blundered on...