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Candidates Chess 2024 standings after Round 7: Gukesh joins Praggnanandhaa in 2nd spot after heartbreak | Chess News

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Candidates Chess 2024: Gukesh, the 17-year-old prodigy from Chennai, let slip the chance to stand alone on the top of the open category standings at the prestigious Candidates chess tournament after seven rounds. Playing against French grandmaster Alireza Firouzja, Gukesh had the upper hand before a slip up under time pressure ended up with him losing the game, the only decisive result in the open section. Coming into Round 7, Gukesh was sharing top spot in the open category standings with two-time World Chess Championship contender Ian Nepomniachtchi. The Russian was held to a draw by World no 3 Hikaru Nakamura, which meant that if Gukesh could manage to win, he would go into the tournament’s second rest day as the sole leader. The rest day also marks the halfway point of the double round robin tournament. Gukesh’s defeat aside, there was very little to celebrate for the Indians in action at the event in Toronto. Vidit Gujrathi was held to a draw by rank underdog Nijat Abasov, who had lost to the two Indian teenagers …

Candidates Chess 2024: Vidit Gujrathi, Praggnanandhaa win; Gukesh tops standings | Round 6 results, standings and pairings | Chess News

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Candidates Chess 2024: 17-year-old Indian prodigy D Gukesh is on top of the standing in the open section at the Candidates chess tournament after six rounds, sharing the top spot with Ian Nepomniachtchi. Gukesh drew his game against World No 3 Hikaru Nakamura on Wednesday as did Nepomniachtchi. The other two Indians in the open category registered victories in Round 6, with Vidit Gujrathi defeating Alireza Firouzja and Praggnanandhaa beating Nijat Abasov. The two women from India, however, experienced defeats with Humpy Koneru losing to Lei Tingjie and Vaishali Rameshbabu losing to Kateryna Lagno. Results from Round 6 at Candidates Open section Gukesh D draws with Hikaru Nakamura Vidit Santosh Gujrathi beats Alireza Firouzja Praggnanandhaa beats Nijat Abasov Ian Nepomniachtchi draws with Fabiano Caruana Women’s category Nurgyul Salimova loses to Aleksandra Goryachkina Tan Zhongyi beats Anna Muzychuk Humpy Koneru loses to Lei Tingjie Vaishali Rameshbabu loses to Kateryna Lagno Standings after Round 6 at Candidates Open standings Women’s standings Schedule for Indians from Round 7 to Round 14 at Candidates ROUND 7 Open Fabiano Caruana …

Chess Candidates 2024 Live Updates: Vidit staring at victory over Firouzja; Nepo-Caruana draw | Chess News

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In seven more moves, his victory was sealed and he surged ahead to the top spot in the standings at the first pit stop of the Candidates: the first rest day. (FIDE/ Michal Walusza) Candidates chess: After 2 hard losses all’s not lost for Vidit Gujrathi… as Hikaru Nakamura, Viswanathan Anand explain Vidit Gujrathi found himself caught in a three-way standoff with an unrelenting opponent and an unforgiving clock. By his 37th move in the fourth round of the Candidates, the time on his clock had withered down to 4 minutes, 39 seconds, with him needing to make four more moves to avoid losing on time. His opponent, Ian Nepomniachtchi, a man who has successfully navigated his way through the rainforest of the Candidates twice, had his pawn on the e file, one square away from getting to the end zone and promoting. Vidit moved his bishop to e8 in a bid to block the path of Nepo’s pawn from getting to that touchdown rather than using his knight on the d file to cut …

‘Fear no one’ says 17-year-old Indian

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D Gukesh had just managed to beat Azerbaijan’s Nijat Abasov after a six-hour marathon in Round 5 when the organisers ushered the 17-year-old prodigy to the fan zone of the Great Hall to chat with fans. There, FIDE’s host for the event, Charlize van Zyl, asked him which player Gukesh was most afraid of playing in the prestigious Candidates tournament. Gukesh, just 17 years of age but all smouldering intensity, took a second to compose his response. “No one,” he said before breaking into a rare smile. After five rounds, the second-youngest player ever to compete at the Candidates (the youngest being the legendary Bobby Fischer when he competed in 1959) finds himself on top of the standings with 3.5 points along with Ian Nepomniachtchi, a man who has won the Candidates twice. Gukesh is ahead of Fabiano Caruana, a man who is competing at his fifth Candidates. The Indian is unbeaten after five rounds, having also defeated the other teenage prodigy from his country, R Praggnanandhaa. The Round 5 battle between Gukesh and Abasov …

Chess Candidates 2024 Live Updates: Praggnanandhaa taking on Nepo; Gukesh facing Abasov | Chess News

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FIDE Chess Candidates 2024 Round 5 Live Updates: After the first rest day of the 2024 Candidates chess tournament, the 16 players are back to the chessboard for Round 5 on Tuesday at Toronto’s Great Hall. The big clashes of the day at the tournament are between Praggnanandhaa R and points table leader Ian Nepomniachtchi while Vidit Santosh Gujrathi is taking on the top-seeded player Fabiano Caruana, who is the World No 2. The third Indian in the fray at the Open category of the Candidates, Gukesh, is facing the lowest rated player in the Open category: Nijat Abasov. Over in the women’s section, India’s Vaishali Rameshbabu is taking on Anna Muzychuk while the veteran Humpy Koneru is going face-to-face against Aleksandra Goryachkina. Here are the other battles at the Candidates not involving Indian players: Alireza Firouzja vs Hikaru Nakamura, Lei Tingjie vs Kateryna Lagno and Tan Zhongyi vs Nurgyul Salimova. While Nepomniachtchi sits on top of the Candidates 2024 standings after four games, India’s Gukesh is in the chasing pack along with Caruana, just …