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Chess Candidates Tournament 2024 Live Updates: Gukesh takes on Praggnanandhaa in round 2 | Chess News

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Chess Candidates Tournament 2024 Round 2 Live Updates: After all five Indians in action at the Candidates 2024 chess tournament ended with draws in Round 1 at Toronto, they will be back on the second day to make their early move on the leaderboard. The highlight of the second round clashes is the showdown of the teenage Indian prodigies: Praggnanandhaa R facing off against Gukesh D. Both players come from Chennai, the city that also gave the world Viswanathan Anand. Meanwhile, Hikaru Nakamura will be taking on Vidit Santosh Gujrathi. Meanwhile, Kateryna Lagno will take on the veteran Humpy Koneru in the women’s event. Tan Zhongyi, the only player to end the first round with victory across her name, will face off against 22-year-old Vaishali Rameshbabu. On Day 1, all five Indians competing at the tournament ended up playing out draws. The all-India clashes between D Gukesh and compatriot Vidit Gujrathi in the men’s section and Vaishali vs Koneru Humpy in the women’s section ended with players splitting the point. The fifth Indian in the …

Chess Candidates Tournament 2024 Live Updates: Five Indians in running for shot at world champion’s crown | Chess News

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Ahead of the biggest chess event of 2024, Carlsen has ranked the eight-man open Candidates field in an interview with GM David Howell for Chess.com. (Photos: Praggnanandhaa photo by PTI/D Gukesh photo by Partha Paul/ Vidit Gujrathi photo by Stev Bonhage/FIDE) Why former World Champion Magnus Carlsen thinks Indian grandmasters are not going to win the Candidates In a day’s time, eight of the biggest names in the world of chess will jostle to get their shot at challenging Ding Liren for the World Champion’s crown. The one name missing from action is former world champion Magnus Carlsen, who relinquished his crown without a pawn marching down the chess board and then chose to skip the Candidates as well this year. Ahead of the biggest chess event of 2024, Carlsen has ranked the eight-man open Candidates field in an interview with GM David Howell for Chess.com. (READ MORE) Source link

Candidates chess first impressions: Vishy Anand’s influence, Hikaru Nakamura the streamer, Pragg’s revelation and more | Chess News

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Candidates Chess Tournament 2024: 16 players, two spots that matter. That’s what the next three weeks will be about as the Candidates chess tournament begins in Toronto. There are five Indians in the field — three in the Open section and two in the women’s event. Each will play 14 games in a winner-takes-all race to the finish line. By the time you’re reading this, all the games of the first round of the 2024 Candidates would have been decided. Here are bits and bobs from the opening ceremony and media day: Viswanathan Anand’s influence Many of Viswanathan Anand’s former trainers and seconds now work with some of the current crop of elite stars. Grzegorz Gajewski, who is Gukesh’s trainer, has worked with Anand. As has Surya Shekhar Ganguly, who is helping Vidit Gujrathi for the Toronto event. Then there’s Sandipan Chanda, who was Anand’s second, and is currently the trainer of Vaishali. (Not to mention that Anand’s one-time aide Peter Heine Nielsen has been helping Magnus Carlsen for many years now). In fact, both …