As widely anticipated, the country’s youngest Grandmaster D. Gukesh completed a hat-trick of titles spread over the past month with a fine triumph in the Chessables Sunway Formentera International chess tournament here on Sunday.
The 15-year-old from Chennai scored eight points from 10 rounds to stretch the sequence of title-triumphs that includes the La Roda tournament and the Menorca Open last month.
In Saturday’s ninth round, Gukesh outfoxed 41-year-old compatriot, second seed K. Sasikiran in 49 moves and then drew the final round with Armenia’s Haik Martirosyan (7) in 25 moves to top the field.
