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Candidates Chess 2024: 17-year-old Indian prodigy D Gukesh is on top of the standing in the open section at the Candidates chess tournament after six rounds, sharing the top spot with Ian Nepomniachtchi.
Gukesh drew his game against World No 3 Hikaru Nakamura on Wednesday as did Nepomniachtchi.
The other two Indians in the open category registered victories in Round 6, with Vidit Gujrathi defeating Alireza Firouzja and Praggnanandhaa beating Nijat Abasov. The two women from India, however, experienced defeats with Humpy Koneru losing to Lei Tingjie and Vaishali Rameshbabu losing to Kateryna Lagno.
Results from Round 6 at Candidates
Open section
Gukesh D draws with Hikaru Nakamura
Vidit Santosh Gujrathi beats Alireza Firouzja
Praggnanandhaa beats Nijat Abasov
Ian Nepomniachtchi draws with Fabiano Caruana
Women’s category
Nurgyul Salimova loses to Aleksandra Goryachkina
Tan Zhongyi beats Anna Muzychuk
Humpy Koneru loses to Lei Tingjie
Vaishali Rameshbabu loses to Kateryna Lagno
Standings after Round 6 at Candidates
Open standings
Women’s standings
Schedule for Indians from Round 7 to Round 14 at Candidates
ROUND 7 Open
Fabiano Caruana – Praggnanandhaa R
Nijat Abasov – Vidit Santosh Gujrathi
Alireza Firouzja – Gukesh D
ROUND 7 Women’s
Anna Muzychuk – Humpy Koneru
Lei Tingjie – Vaishali Rameshbabu
ROUND 8 Open
Praggnanandhaa R – Alireza Firouzja
Vidit Santosh Gujrathi – Gukesh D
ROUND 8 Women’s
Humpy Koneru – Vaishali Rameshbabu
ROUND 9 Open
Vidit Santosh Gujrathi – Hikaru Nakamura
Gukesh D – Praggnanandhaa R
ROUND 9 Women’s
Humpy Koneru – Kateryna Lagno
Vaishali Rameshbabu – Tan Zhongyi
ROUND 10 Open
Ian Nepomniachtchi – Gukesh D
Praggnanandhaa R – Vidit Santosh Gujrathi
ROUND 10 Women’s
Nurgyul Salimova – Vaishali Rameshbabu
Tan Zhongyi – Humpy Koneru
ROUND 11 Open
Praggnanandhaa R – Hikaru Nakamura
Vidit Santosh Gujrathi – Ian Nepomniachtchi
Gukesh D – Fabiano Caruana
ROUND 11 Women’s
Humpy Koneru – Nurgyul Salimova
Vaishali Rameshbabu – Aleksandra Goryachkina
ROUND 12 Open
Nijat Abasov – Gukesh D
Fabiano Caruana – Vidit Santosh Gujrathi
Ian Nepomniachtchi – Praggnanandhaa R
ROUND 12 Women’s
Anna Muzychuk – Vaishali Rameshbabu
Aleksandra Goryachkina – Humpy Koneru
ROUND 13 Open
Praggnanandhaa R – Fabiano Caruana
Vidit Santosh Gujrathi – Nijat Abasov
Gukesh D – Alireza Firouzja
ROUND 13 Women’s
Humpy Koneru – Anna Muzychuk
Vaishali Rameshbabu – Lei Tingjie
ROUND 14 Open
Hikaru Nakamura – Gukesh D
Alireza Firouzja – Vidit Santosh Gujrathi
Nijat Abasov – Praggnanandhaa R
ROUND 14 Women’s
Kateryna Lagno – Vaishali Rameshbabu
Lei Tingjie – Humpy Koneru
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