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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 in the previous two rounds. Meanwhile, Praggnanandhaa played out a smooth draw against the top ranked player at the tournament, Fabiano Caruana.
The two women from India also did not experience too much luck, with Humpy Koneru drawing against Anna Muzychuk while Vaishali Rameshbabu lost to Lei Tingjie.
Results from Round 7 at Candidates
Open section
Alireza Firouzja beat Gukesh D
Hikaru Nakamura drew with Ian Nepomniachtchi
Fabiano Caruana drew with Praggnanandhaa R
Nijat Abasov drew with Vidit Santosh Gujrathi
Women’s category
Lei Tingjie beat Vaishali Rameshbabu
Kateryna Lagno drew with Nurgyul Salimova
Aleksandra Goryachkina drew with Tan Zhongyi
Anna Muzychuk drew with Humpy Koneru
Standings after Round 7 at Candidates
Open standings after Round 7
(Standings updated after Round 7 on Friday IST)
Women’s standings after Round 7
(Standings updated after Round 7 on Friday IST)
Schedule for Indians from Round 8 to Round 14 at Candidates
ROUND 8 Open
Praggnanandhaa R – Alireza Firouzja
Vidit Santosh Gujrathi – Gukesh D
ROUND 8 Women’s
Humpy Koneru – Vaishali Rameshbabu
ROUND 9 Open
Vidit Santosh Gujrathi – Hikaru Nakamura
Gukesh D – Praggnanandhaa R
ROUND 9 Women’s
Humpy Koneru – Kateryna Lagno
Vaishali Rameshbabu – Tan Zhongyi
ROUND 10 Open
Ian Nepomniachtchi – Gukesh D
Praggnanandhaa R – Vidit Santosh Gujrathi
ROUND 10 Women’s
Nurgyul Salimova – Vaishali Rameshbabu
Tan Zhongyi – Humpy Koneru
ROUND 11 Open
Praggnanandhaa R – Hikaru Nakamura
Vidit Santosh Gujrathi – Ian Nepomniachtchi
Gukesh D – Fabiano Caruana
ROUND 11 Women’s
Humpy Koneru – Nurgyul Salimova
Vaishali Rameshbabu – Aleksandra Goryachkina
ROUND 12 Open
Nijat Abasov – Gukesh D
Fabiano Caruana – Vidit Santosh Gujrathi
Ian Nepomniachtchi – Praggnanandhaa R
ROUND 12 Women’s
Anna Muzychuk – Vaishali Rameshbabu
Aleksandra Goryachkina – Humpy Koneru
ROUND 13 Open
Praggnanandhaa R – Fabiano Caruana
Vidit Santosh Gujrathi – Nijat Abasov
Gukesh D – Alireza Firouzja
ROUND 13 Women’s
Humpy Koneru – Anna Muzychuk
Vaishali Rameshbabu – Lei Tingjie
ROUND 14 Open
Hikaru Nakamura – Gukesh D
Alireza Firouzja – Vidit Santosh Gujrathi
Nijat Abasov – Praggnanandhaa R
ROUND 14 Women’s
Kateryna Lagno – Vaishali Rameshbabu
Lei Tingjie – Humpy Koneru
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