Candidates Chess: Vidit Gujarati defeated Nakamura, Praganananda lost to Gukesh
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Vidit Gujrati defeated world number three Hikaru Nakamura of America to win the second round of the Candidates Chess Tournament, while R Praggnananda lost to compatriot D Gukesh. After four draws in the first round, results were declared in all four games of the second round on Saturday.
Indian Grandmaster Vidit Gujarati defeated world number three Hikaru Nakamura of America in the second round of the Candidates Chess Tournament while R Praggnananda lost to compatriot D Gukesh. After four draws in the first round, results were declared in all four games of the second round on Saturday. Top seed Fabiano Caruana of the United States defeated Nizat Abbasov of Azerbaijan and Russia’s Ian Nepomniachtchi defeated Firozha Alireza of France.
In the women’s category, R Vaishali lost to China’s Zhongyi Tan while Russia’s Alexandra Goryachkina defeated Ukraine’s Anna Muzychuk. Koneru Humpy drew with Russia’s Katerina Lagno and Nurgul Salimova shared points with China’s Tingyi Lei. Along with Gujarati, Caruana, Nepomniachtchi and Gukesh are joint leaders with 1.5 points while Nakamura, Praggnananda, Abbasov and Alireza are joint fifth with half a point. Among women, Tan has taken the singles lead with her second consecutive win while Goryachkina is half a point behind her.
Salimova, Humpy and Lagno have one point each, making them joint third. Lei, Vaishali and Muzychuk are joint sixth with half a point. There are still 12 rounds to be played which will decide the challenger for the next World Championship match.
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