New Delhi, July 4 -- Reigning World Champions D Gukesh defeated Magnus Carlsen in Round 6 of Grand Chess Tour. Gukesh has now taken sole lead after six rounds of the Super United Rapid and blitz tournament.

Ahead of the match, Carlsen had questioned the Indian chess player's abilities in rapid and blitz format noting that he hadn't done enough to show that he'll suceed in the tournament.

Speaking to Take Take Take after the match, Carlsen said, "No, I've played kind of poorly the whole tournament and this time I got soundly punished. I think I had a very, very nice position. He took his chance to open up a position with c6. After that it was a little bit , like earlier, where I get short of time. I can't really handle it that well. And ...