India, May 11 -- World champion D Gukesh had to be content with a sixth-place finish while Hans Moke Niemann of the United States kept his nerves towards the end to win the Super rapid and blitz, a part of the Grand Chess Tour.

Gukesh ended his stint with 17 points out of a possible 36 that included 9 rapid and 18 blitz games. With each rapid game win worth two point and blitz one point, Gukesh scored nine points in rapid and eight points in blitz.

Things could have been worse but Gukesh won the last round against Duda Jan-Kryzstztof of Poland to finish around the middle bracket.

It may be recalled that Gukesh had withdrawn from the main events of GCT and will only be playing the rapids and blitz this year. The youngest ever world cham...