D. Gukesh through the FIDE Candidates 2024 chess event, in Toronto, Canada.
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D. Gukesh will play for the World chess championship because the youngest challenger in history. The 17-year-old from Chennai gained the qualifying occasion, the Candidates event, in Toronto after drawing his last spherical encounter with second seed Hikaru Nakamura of the United States.
He, nonetheless, needed to look ahead to the consequence of the sport between top-seeded American Fabiano Caruana and Russian Ian Nepomniachtchi, the winner of the final two editions of the event. Gukesh could be the outright champion if that too ended in a draw.
That was what occurred. That meant Gukesh, with 9 factors, would end on high of the desk of eight gamers who performed each other twice. Nakamura, Nepomniachtchi and Caruana ended with 8.5 factors every.
Gukesh thus grew to become the one second Indian, after Viswanathan Anand, to qualify for the World title match. He will tackle the reigning champion Ding Liren of China.
The ladies’s event was gained by China’s Tan Zhongyi, who completed with 9 factors, 1.5 forward of the competitors. The Indian duo of Koneru Humpy and R. Vaishali tied for second place with 7.5 factors every, together with Lei Tingjie of China.
Tan will meet her compatriot Ju Wenjun for the ladies’s World championship. Open:
1. D. Gukesh 9; 2-4. Hikaru Nakamura (USA), Ian Nepomniachtchi (FIDE) and Fabiano Caruana (USA) 8.5; 5. R. Praggnanandhaa 7; 6. Vidit Gujrathi 6; 7. Alireza Firouzja (Fra) 5; 8. Nijat Abasov (Aze) 3.5.
Women:
1. Tan Zhongyi (Chn) 9; 2-4. Koneru Humpy, Lei Tingjie and R. Vaishali 7.5; 5. Aleksandra Goryachkina 7; 6. Kateryna Lagno (FIDE) 6.5; 7-8. Nurgyul Salimova (Bul) and Anna Muzychuk 5.5.
