India, May 12 -- D Gukesh suffered a maiden defeat in the fourth round of the Superbet Classic, losing to Maxime Vachier-Lagrave. The French GM bagged his first win against the reigning World Champion in the Classical format. The pair have met twice in the past in Classical games, with both ending in draws. But on Saturday, Maxime took advantage of a huge position mistake by Gukesh to bag a full point and also hand the 18-year-old his first Classical defeat since becoming World Champion.

Then on Sunday, Gukesh managed to stage a comeback, drawing to Duda Jan-Krzysztof of Poland. Meanwhile, R Praggnanandhaa has performed better than his Indian counterpart, bagging one win and four draws. He has three points and is in joint-lead with Fabia...