Indian Grandmaster R Praggananandha played a draw to maintain a joint lead with 3.5 points with Duda Jaan-Chijatof of Poland, but Competition de Gukesh lost a stressful battle against France’s Alirza Firuza, which was a part of Grand Chase Tour, in the sixth round of Superbet Chase Classics. Playing the role of the black side of an English opening, Pragganandha was subjected to some initial strategy by Duda, eager to come back to the event, but the Indian was enough to work to give no free-free to their polish opponent.
The Polish Grandmaster showed her intention with a rogue and a queen sacrifice for a minor piece in the middle game and the prehgananandha was hurried to feel that their possibility was thin. The draw was just a result because neither the player could progress more.
Gukesh, not in his best form, took his second loss in the program and in Live Ranking, Arjun slipped to five with Erigasi as New World No. Three. The game should have been a draw after reaching Andge after missing their opportunities in the middle game.
However, in addition to one piece on the board with a shock and bishop, Gukesh made a big bang, which was beyond recovering.
Alireza, the United States Fabiano Caruana, France’s Maxim West-Lagrav and Pragganandha shared the joint lead.
Caruana tried to break a piece of sacrifice against local hero Deck Bogdan-Daniel, but also had to compromise for a draw.
Other overnight leader Vachier-Lagway could either reduce with his white pieces, as he attracted very quickly with Uzbekistan’s Nodirbek Abdusattorov.
Results after Round 6: Duda Jan-Karazzetof (Pol, 2.5) attracted with R Pragnanandha (Ind, 3.5); Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (Fra, 3.5) attracted with Nodirbek Abdusattorov (UZB, 2); Levon Aaronian (USA, 3) attracted with Vesley So (USA, 3); Firuja Alirza (FRA, 3.5) defeated D Gukesh (IND, 2); Fabiano Caruana (USA, 3.5) attracted with Dic Bogdan-Daniel (Rau, 2.5). PTI Core SSC SSC SSC
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