India, Aug. 14 -- The final day of the Rapid section at the Grand Chess Tour event in Saint Louis saw D Gukesh climb from sixth to fourth position, as he managed to end it on a positive note. On Wednesday, in the final three rounds, Gukesh faced three Americans and began with a defeat to Leinier Dominguez. Then he staged a comeback, beating Wesley So and also the leader, Fabiano Caruana.

The reigning World Champion now has 10 points, and trails Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (11 points), Levon Aronian (13 points) and Caruana (14).

Meanwhile, Dominguez, So, and Uzbekistan's Nodirbek Abdusattorov have nine points and share the fifth position. They are two points ahead of Vietnam's Liem Le Quang. American GM Sam Shankland is ninth with five points...