Praggnanandhaa Near Top, Gukesh In 6th After Day 1

R Praggnanandhaa and D Gukesh had contrasting starts at the Grand Chess Tour Croatia. Praggnanandhaa is joint 2nd with 4/6, beating Vincent Keymer and drawing Maxime Vachier-Lagrave. Gukesh recovered from an opening loss to beat Ivan Saric, reaching 3/6 for 6th. Alireza Firouzja leads with 5 points after three rounds, as their final-round clash ended in a draw.