.
.
World Champion DGukesh collapsed with the defenses of compatriot Leon Luke Mendonca within the 9 spherical to delve into single lead on theTata Steel Master On a day when R Praggnanandhaa shed his very first online game versus Dutch GM Anish Giri, skilled P Harikrishna moreover positioned himself beneath the limelight, being as much as Russian- transformed-Slovenian Vladimir Fedoseev “I’m happy that I played a good game today and there are still four rounds left so I’m not thinking much about the standings. I’m just happy as to how I am playing,” Gukesh claimed after his online game.
With the win, Gukesh took his tally to six.5 point out of a possible 9 and a fifty p.c components prematurely of Uzbek Nodirbek Abdusattorov and Russian reworked Slovenian Fedoseev, which are each on 6 components.
Praggnanadhaa on 5.5 components shares the 4th space and it stays to be seen if factors are going to acquire much better for the Indian.
Results spherical 9 Masters: Anish Giri (Ned, 4.5) beat R Praggnanandhaa (Ind, 5.5); D Gukesh (Ind, 6.5) beat Leon Luke Mendonca (Ind, 2.5); Vladimir Fedoseev (Slo, 6) defeated P Harikrishna (4 ); Jorden van Foreest (Ned, 3.5) attracted with Max Warmerdam (3.5 ); Wei Yi (Chn, 5) attracted with Arjun Erigaisi (Ind, 2.5); Alexey Sarana (Srb, 5) attracted with Vincent Keymer (Ger, 3.5); Fabiano Caruana (Usa, 5) attracted with Nodirbek Abdusattorov (Uzb, 6).
(Except for the heading, this story has really not been modified by NDTV staff and is launched from a syndicated feed.)
Topics identified on this write-up
