On a day when world champion D Gukesh, representing PBG Alaskan Knights, held FYERS American Gambits’ Hikaru Nakamura to a draw on day 1 of the Global Chess League, Fabiano Caruana said that the world champion was clearly not the best player in the world at the moment. This has been Gukesh’s year of woe, with the teenager not winning any tournament since defeating Ding Liren for the crown in Singapore a year ago. The wretched run of form has led to plenty of comparisons between Gukesh and his Chinese predecessor, who also went through a slump after claiming the throne. “I don’t think it’s the same situation. Gukesh is still playing at the top level. Just that you cannot say that he’s the clear no.1 in the world right now. But that’s also normal: that the world champion is not necessarily the clear no.1 in the world. With Ding, it was different. He was just in very bad shape. Gukesh is performing much better than Ding,” Caruana, who represents Alpine SG Pipers, told journalists …