Indian Grandmaster R Praggnanandhaa did not register a win from an advantageous place in opposition to compatriot D Gukesh as their seventh-spherical match ended in a draw in the Prague Masters Chess match on Wednesday.
Praggnandhaa got here very near beating Gukesh who performed black however in the tip, they break up factors.
It was an Italian opening but once more and Praggnanandhaa confirmed his capability to push for extra from a degree center sport that arose. Gukesh fell below stress on the queenside and misplaced a few pawns in the following 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 readily available however he managed to separate the factors after 91 strikes.
On what turned out to be one other fascinating 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 fairly painful loss in the earlier spherical in opposition to Praggnanandhaa.
With simply two rounds remaining in the ten-participant spherical-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 in opposition to Maghsoodloo, the Indian felt the warmth in the center sport together with his stranded queen. Maghsoodloo was fast to identify a superb tactic that helped him entice the queen in a mere two strikes. The sport lasted simply 32 strikes.
Abdusattarov had peaceable intentions as he employed the Queen’s gambit accepted in opposition to Keymer however the latter was in an aggressive temper and went for unwarranted issues in the center sport.
As it occurred, Keymer’s king was dancing to the tunes of black forces and because the Uzbek picked up a few 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 potential six.
In the final remaining spherical, Arjun has black items in opposition to Russian Daniil Dubov.
Results Round 7 (Indians until 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).
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