India, Aug. 15 -- D Gukesh fell to sixth position on the penultimate day at the Grand Chess Tour event in St. Louis. After the Rapid section, Gukesh was in fourth position, but the first nine rounds of the blitz category saw him slip to sixth place, as he fell to four defeats and as many draws. Meanwhile, he managed only a solitary win against American Leinier Dominguez.

Gukesh finished the Rapid section with 10 points and just added three more to his tally. Meanwhile, Fabiano Caruana fell to second position, and Levon Aronian climbed to the top of the standings. Aronian has a total of 19 points, and Caruana is two behind him, and only a half point ahead of third-placed Maxime Vachier-Lagrave.

Uzbekistan's Nodirbek Abdusattorov made a c...