India, July 4 -- World champion D Gukesh made good use of his white pieces to beat Dutch Grandmaster Anish Giri in the final game of the day to rise to joint second spot after the second day of the Zagreb leg of the Grand Chess Tour here.

Iranian Grandmaster Firoujza Alireza is at the top by extending his lead by a huge three points. With 10 points in his kitty out of a possible 12, Alireza is far ahead of his rivals - Vincent Keymer of Germany, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave of France, Deac Bogdan-Daniel of Romania and Gukesh, who all have identical seven points.

Another half point behind are India's R Praggnanandhaa, Giri and Nodirbek Abdusattorov of Uzbekistan, while Croatioan Ivan Saric and Dutchman Jorden van Foreest are at the bottom of t...