R. Praggnanandhaa. File
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Indian Grandmaster R. Praggnanandhaa did not register a win from an advantageous place against compatriot D. Gukesh as their seventh spherical match led to a draw within the Prague Masters Chess match right here on Wednesday.
Praggnandhaa got here very near beating Gukesh who performed black however ultimately they cut up factors.
It was an Italian opening but once more and Praggnanandhaa confirmed his skill in pushing for extra from a stage center recreation that arose. Gukesh fell beneath stress on the queen aspect and misplaced a couple of pawns within the ensuing queen and rook endgame.
Not shedding coronary heart, Gukesh fought on relentlessly and Praggnanandhaa faltered as he missed a profitable manoeuvre on the thirty seventh transfer. Gukesh nonetheless had a herculean job available however he managed to separate the factors after 91 strikes.
On what turned out to be one other attention-grabbing day, Uzbekistan’s Nodirbek Abdusattarov stayed forward of the sector after defeating Vincent Keymer of Germany. It was a fast restoration for the Uzbek after a quite painful loss within the earlier spherical against Praggnanandhaa.
With simply two rounds remaining within the 10-player round-robin match, Vidit Gujrathi’s possibilities of a restoration suffered one other setback as he misplaced to Parham Maghsoodloo of Iran.
With Abdusattarov on 5 factors, Maghsoodloo follows him carefully a half level behind. Praggnanandhaa shares the third spot on 4 factors and giving him firm is the shock packet Nguyen Thai Dai Van of Czech Republic.
Richard Rapport of Romania and native star David Navara share the following spot on 3.5 factors every. Another half level adrift is Gukesh and Keymer.
Mateusz Bartel of Poland stands ninth on 2.5 whereas Vidit Gujrathi is now on the backside with two factors in his kitty.
Gujrathi’s luck didn’t change. Facing a reverse Benoni against Maghsoodloo, the Indian felt the warmth within the center recreation with his stranded queen. Maghsoodloo was fast to identify a advantageous tactic that helped him trapped the queen in a mere two strikes. The recreation lasted simply 32 strikes.
Abdusattarov had peaceable intentions as he employed the Queen’s gambit accepted against Keymer however the latter was in an aggressive temper and went for unwarranted problems within the center recreation.
As it occurred, Keymer’s king was dancing to the tunes of black forces and because the Uzbek picked up a couple of pawns, it was past redemption.
Meanwhile in Shenzen, China, Arjun Erigaise maintained his world quantity 10 spot and is now sharing the lead with Yangyi Yu and Xiangzhi Bu on 4 factors out of a attainable six.
In the final remaining spherical, Arjun has black items against Russian Daniil Dubov.
Results Round 7 (Indians except said): Vincent Keymer (Ger, 3) misplaced to Nodirbek Abdusattarov (Uzb, 5) R. Praggnanandhaa (4) drew with D. Gukesh (3); Parham Maghsoodloo (Iri, 4.5) beat Vidit Gujrathi (2); Richard Rapport (Rou, 3.5) misplaced to Nguyen Thai Dai Van (Cze, 4); Mateusz Bartel (Pol, 2.5) drew with David Navara (Cze, 3.5).
