Grandmaster D Gukesh held high seed Fabiano Caruana of America to a draw whereas R Praggnananandhaa shared factors with Hikaru Nakamura of America on the Chess Candidates Event 2024.

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Nonetheless, Vidit Gujrathi suffered one other defeat towards Ian Nepomniachtchi of Russia within the fourth spherical. 

This double spherical robin competitors of eight gamers will determine the challenger for the subsequent World Championship. Nepomniachtchi grew to become the primary participant to take the singles lead within the Chess Candidates Event with three factors from his second win enjoying with white. Caruana and Gukesh are at second place with two and a half factors. Praggnananda is fourth with two factors whereas Vidit, Nijat Abasov, Alireza Firouzja and Nakamura are all on one and a half factors. 

R Vaishali additionally holds draw

Within the girls’s class, R Vaishali performed a draw like her youthful brother. She held Russia’s Aleksandra Goryachkina to a draw. India’s Koneru Humpy, nevertheless, suffered her first defeat of the Chess Candidates Event towards the lowest-ranked and youngest participant, Nurgyul Salimova of Bulgaria. China’s Tan Zhongyi maintained her singles lead with three factors after enjoying a draw towards Russia’s Kateryna Lagno.

In the meantime, China’s Lei Tingjie shared factors with Ukraine’s Anna Muzychuk. After Tan, Goryachkina is at second place with two and a half factors. Vaishali, Salimova and Lagno are tied for third place with two factors every. After this defeat, Humpy has slipped to joint sixth place with one and a half factors. Muzychuk and Lei are additionally collectively in sixth place with one and a half factors.  

Gukesh dealt with the stress effectively towards Caruana with the black items and ultimately after 72 strikes each gamers agreed to separate the factors. Whereas Nepomniachtchi, the earlier two-time Chess Candidates Event winner, was in a greater place for more often than not towards Vidit. Praggnananda is getting appreciation and respect from his rivals with every spherical. It was the identical towards Nakamura and the American participant agreed to a draw after simply 24 strikes regardless of enjoying with white items with out taking any dangers.

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Alternatively, within the girls’s class, Salimova, who certified for the Chess Candidates Event by way of the Ladies’s World Cup, confirmed that her qualification was not a fluke by defeating Humpy. The Bulgarian participant gained in 62 strikes. The fifth spherical of the competitors shall be performed after the primary day of relaxation. There are nonetheless 10 rounds of play left on this largest competitors of the 12 months.