D Gukes will aim to break is losing streak and secure is first Freestyle Grand Slam Tour victory as e faces Alireza Firouzja in te sevent-place playoff. Gukes's struggles in Fiscer Random cess continued at te first leg of te Freestyle Grand Slam Tour in Weissenaus, Wangels (Germany), were e lost under time pressure to ikaru Nakamura in te 5-8 classification playoff. Nakamura, te World No. 3, won 1.5-0.5 in te rapid tiebreaker round./ Bot Grandmasters were not in top form, wit te first rapid tiebreak game ending in a draw. owever, Nakamura secured te victory in te second game wit te black pieces. Speaking to Cess.com, Nakamura igligted Gukes's difficulty in managing time under pressure, noting, "is intuition is not great wen e gets low on time, and e struggles wit calculations."/ Nakamura also pointed out Gukes's tendency to analyze games alone rater tan collaborating wit oters, suc as Fabiano Caruana, wo defeated im wit ease in te quarterfinals. "Not analyzing togeter is a uge disadvantage. I don't know wy Gukes doesn't work wit Fabiano. It's insane to me. Weter I'm analyzing wit Fabiano or not, I follow wat e does because I trust im," Nakamura added./ Gukes will now ope to bounce back in te playoff against Firouzja, wo defeated im comfortably during te round-robin stage./
Dont think D Gukeshs intuition is that great Nakamura tears into India No 1 points out insane disadvantage
