FIDE Chess Candidates 2024 Round 14 LIVE: India’s 17-year-old phenom D Gukesh is headed towards the tiebreaks to fight his way into the World Chess Championship after his game with Hikaru Nakamura ended in a draw.
For a brief while, it appeared that he would be crowned as the winner today after a blunder from Fabiano Caruana in his 41st move opened up the possibility of a draw against Ian Nepomniachtchi. But then Nepo returned the favour, and handed Caruana the upper hand. But now, the Nepo vs Caruana game seems to be headed for a draw once again.
In the other games of the day, Praggnanandhaa defeated Nijat Abasov while Vidit Gujrathi agreed to a draw against Alireza after barely five minutes at the board. In the women’s section, Vaishali Rameshbabu defeated Kateryna Lagno for her fifth win in a row after four successive losses. Humpy Koneru defeated Lei Tingjie. In the women’s Candidates event, Tan Zhongyi was crowned the winner, meaning she will take on compatriot Ju Wenjun in the Women’s World Championship.
Gukesh needed the Nepo-Caruana game to end in a draw. If either player wins, they will face Gukesh in the tiebreaker tomorrow.
Gukesh needed to win this game (or if he was held to a draw by Nakamura, he needed to see the game between Ian Nepomniachtchi and Fabiano Caruana end in a draw) to become the youngest player EVER to compete at the World Chess Championship (where Ding Liren awaits the winner of the current Candidates tournament).
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INTERACTIVE: You can follow the move-by-move action from the Round 14 Candidates game between Gukesh and Hikaru Nakamura 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 14 Candidates game between Ian Nepomniachtchi 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 14 Candidates game between Nijat Abasov and Praggnanandhaa 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 14 Candidates game between Alireza Firouzja and Vidit Gujrathi below and also click on the notations at the right of the board to retrace the way the game developed:
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