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.
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...
India's D. Gukesh beat France's Alireza Firouzja on Sunday in a round 13
FIDE Chess Candidates 2024 Round 11 Live Updates: Ian Nepomniachtchi defeated Vidit Gujrathi in a marathon contest to leap into sole lead after Round 11 of the Candidates 2024 chess tournament. The Russian thus assumes sole lead of the contest, followed by Gukesh and Hikaru Nakamura. Praggnanandhaa lost his Round 11 clash at the Candidates chess tournament to World No 3 Hikaru Nakamura in a game where the 18-year-old from India was playing with white pieces but came under time pressure from...
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...
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