Dommaraju Gukesh regained the lead in the FIDE Circuit race. The young prodigy from Chennai is now 6 points ahead of Levon Aronian following his solid performance at the TePe Sigeman, a strong round-robin that took place from May 4-10 in Malmo, Sweden.

The event, an interesting mix of experienced grandmasters and young talents, saw a very close fight. This time around, experience won out in the end as Peter Svidler (pictured below) scored 4.5/7, finished clear first and jumped to 12th position in the FIDE Circuit leaderboard.

Gukesh D, Nils Grandelius and Abhimanyu Mishra tied for second place and netted 12.22 FIDE Circuit points each. As a result, Gukesh returned to first place in the leaderboard while Grandelius continued his impressive run. After his triumph in Reykjavik last month, the Swedish GM did a great job in his home tournament and moved up to fifth position in the race. 

FIDE Circuit Race Top 10 as of May 11, 2023

You can find full current standings on worldchampionshipcycle.fide.com/

Photos: TePe Sigeman & Co tournament | David Llada