India, Feb. 15 -- D Gukesh's winless run continued as he lost to Alireza Firouzja on Friday, to finish in eighth place and without a single win at the Weissenhaus Freestyle Chess Grand Slam event in Wangels (Germany).

Gukesh had lost to Firouzja in the round-robin stage, and was fighting with Firouzja for seventh place. The India No. 1 made a sensational comeback in the previous game on Thursday as he secured a draw. But Firouzja wasn't having it on Saturday as she scored his first knockout win to finish in seventh spot and earn 30,000 dollars.

Meanwhile, Gukesh was awarded 20,000 dollars for finishing in eighth place. Vincent Keymer who defeated Fabiano Caruana in the finals pocketed 200,000 dollars. On the other hand, Caruana got 140,...