Candidates Chess 2024: On a day that has the potential to resolve the destiny of the Candidates 2024, Ian Nepomniachtchi defeated Vidit Santosh Gujrathi in a marathon battle whereas Gukesh, the 17-year-old from India, was held to a draw by the World No 2 Fabiano Caruana — outcomes which helped the Russian to leapfrog into sole lead of the event with simply three extra rounds left.
The opposite recreation of Spherical 10 involving an Indian participant — the conflict between Praggnanandhaa and Hikaru Nakamura — resulted in defeat for the 18-year-old from India because the American continued his outstanding resurgence.
Within the girls’s part, Humpy defeated girls’s chief Tan Zhongyi to a draw. In the meantime, Vaishali managed to defeat Nurgyul Salimova in an unbelievable battle to register a uncommon win within the event.
Outcomes from Spherical 11 video games at Candidates
Open part
Praggnanandhaa R 0-1 Hikaru Nakamura
Vidit Santosh Gujrathi 0-1 Ian Nepomniachtchi
Gukesh D ½-½ Fabiano Caruana
Alireza Firouzja 1-0 Nijat Abasov
Girls’s class
Tan Zhongyi 1-0 Kateryna Lagno
Humpy Koneru 1-0 Nurgyul Salimova
Vaishali Rameshbabu 1-0 Aleksandra Goryachkina
Lei Tingjie ½-½ Anna Muzychuk
Standings after Spherical 11 at Candidates
Open standings after Spherical 11
(Standings up to date after Spherical 11 video games ended on Thursday IST)
Girls’s standings in center of Spherical 11
(Standings up to date after Spherical 11 video games ended on Thursday IST)
Schedule for Indians from Spherical 12 to Spherical 14 at Candidates
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