Chess Candidates 2024 Live Updates: 17-year-old Gukesh takes sole lead after defeating Alireza; Vaishali wins 4th in a row
by The Indian Express
The Indian Express— 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...
The Indian Express—Chess Candidates 2024 Live Updates: Gukesh takes on Hikaru Nakamura with history on line. FIDE Chess Candidates 2024 Round 14 LIVE: India's 17-year-old phenom D Gukesh is facing the veteran Hikaru Nakamura in the final round of the Candidates chess tournament. If Gukesh wins, he will become the youngest player EVER to compete at the World Chess Championship (where Ding Liren awaits the winner of the current Candidates tournament). Gukesh inched ahead of the three veterans, who also have a shot of winning the Candidates, heading into the final round by defeating Alireza Firouzja in...
ESPN India—FIDE Candidates 2024: Gukesh takes sole lead after Round 13; one win away from World Championship. Gukesh defeated Alireza Firouzja while Ian Nepomniachtchi and Hikaru Nakamura drew. Meanwhile, Vaishali R won her fourth straight game to move into third place in the standings.
The Indian Express—Candidates chess results, standings after Round 13: Gukesh wins to take sole lead; Nepomniachtchi draws with Hikaru Nakamura. Candidates Chess 2024: India's 17-year-old prodigy, D Gukesh, ground out a hard-fought victory over Alireza Firouzja in Round 13 of the Candidates 2024 chess tournament to surge into the sole lead with just one more round left. Three veterans — two-time Candidates winner Ian Nepomniachtchi, World No 2 Fabiano Caruana and World No 3 Hikaru Nakamura — are hot on the Indian teenager's heels, just half a point behind. What will spice up the final day of action even more is the fact that Gukesh will...