Candidates Chess 2024: Gukesh, the 17-year-old prodigy from Chennai, let slip the possibility to face alone on the highest of the open class standings on the prestigious Candidates chess match after seven rounds.
Taking part in towards French grandmaster Alireza Firouzja, Gukesh had the higher hand earlier than a slip up beneath time stress ended up with him dropping the sport, the one decisive outcome within the open part.
Coming into Spherical 7, Gukesh was sharing high spot within the open class 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 may handle to win, he would go into the match’s second relaxation day as the only chief. The remaining day additionally marks the midway level of the double spherical robin match.
Gukesh’s defeat apart, there was little or no to have a good time for the Indians in motion on the occasion in Toronto.
Vidit Gujrathi was held to a draw by rank underdog Nijat Abasov, who had misplaced to the 2 Indian youngsters within the earlier two rounds. In the meantime, Praggnanandhaa performed out a easy draw towards the highest ranked participant on the match, Fabiano Caruana.
The 2 ladies from India additionally didn’t expertise an excessive amount of luck, with Humpy Koneru drawing towards Anna Muzychuk whereas Vaishali Rameshbabu misplaced to Lei Tingjie.
Outcomes from Spherical 7 at Candidates
Open part
Alireza Firouzja beat Gukesh D
Hikaru Nakamura drew with Ian Nepomniachtchi
Fabiano Caruana drew with Praggnanandhaa R
Nijat Abasov drew with Vidit Santosh Gujrathi
Girls’s class
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 Spherical 7 at Candidates
Open standings after Spherical 7
(Standings up to date after Spherical 7 on Friday IST)
Girls’s standings after Spherical 7
(Standings up to date after Spherical 7 on Friday IST)
Schedule for Indians from Spherical 8 to Spherical 14 at Candidates
ROUND 8 Open
Praggnanandhaa R – Alireza Firouzja
Vidit Santosh Gujrathi – Gukesh D
ROUND 8 Girls’s
Humpy Koneru – Vaishali Rameshbabu
ROUND 9 Open
Vidit Santosh Gujrathi – Hikaru Nakamura
Gukesh D – Praggnanandhaa R
ROUND 9 Girls’s
Humpy Koneru – Kateryna Lagno
Vaishali Rameshbabu – Tan Zhongyi
ROUND 10 Open
Ian Nepomniachtchi – Gukesh D
Praggnanandhaa R – Vidit Santosh Gujrathi
ROUND 10 Girls’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 Girls’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 Girls’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 Girls’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 Girls’s
Kateryna Lagno – Vaishali Rameshbabu
Lei Tingjie – Humpy Koneru