Chess Candidates 2024 Live Updates, Round 13 Today: Gukesh, the 17-year-old from Chennai, is hoping to become the youngest ever World Chess Championship contender.
FIDE Chess Candidates 2024 Round 13 Live Updates: Facing a must-win game against Alireza Firouzja, India’s D Gukesh defeated the French GM with a trade of queens being the turning point in their Round 13 clash at the Candidates chess tournament. Gukesh thus goes into the sole lead with just one game left since the game between the other joint leaders Ian Nepomniachtchi and Hikaru Nakamura ended in a draw!
The 17-year-old from Chennai is hoping to become the youngest ever World Chess Championship contender.
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Meanwhile, Vidit Santosh Gujrathi agreed a draw against Nijat Abasov while the third Indian in the open section, Praggnanandhaa, lost to Fabiano Caruana.
In the women’s event, Humpy Koneru drew with Anna Muzychuk while Vaishali Rameshbabu defeated Lei Tingjie. The 22-year-old Vaishali has now racked up four consecutive wins in her last four games.
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INTERACTIVE: You can follow the move-by-move action from the Round 13 Candidates game between Gukesh and Alireza Firouzja below and also click on the notations at the right of the board to retrace the way the game developed:
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INTERACTIVE: You can follow the move-by-move action from the Round 13 Candidates game between Praggnanandhaa R and Fabiano Caruana below and also click on the notations at the right of the board to retrace the way the game developed:
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INTERACTIVE: You can follow the move-by-move action from the Round 13 Candidates game between Vidit Santosh Gujrathi and Nijat Abasov below and also click on the notations at the right of the board to retrace the way the game developed:
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INTERACTIVE: You can follow the move-by-move action from the Round 13 Candidates game between Humpy Koneru and Anna Muzychuk below and also click on the notations at the right of the board to retrace the way the game developed:
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INTERACTIVE: You can follow the move-by-move action from the Round 13 Candidates game between Vaishali and Lei Tingjie below and also click on the notations at the right of the board to retrace the way the game developed:
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First uploaded on: 21-04-2024 at 00:05 IST
