Tata Steel Chess: Gujrathi holds Carlsen to draw

Wijk Aan Zee: Indian Grandmaster Vidit Gujrathi held world No. 1 Magnus Carlsen to a draw in the 11th round of the Tata Steel Masters chess tournament to jointly occupy the fourth place with six points. R Praggnanandhaa, the other Indian in the fray, lost to American Fabiano Caruana to remain on 3.5 points and […]

Wijk Aan Zee: Indian Grandmaster Vidit Gujrathi held world No. 1 Magnus Carlsen to a draw in the 11th round of the Tata Steel Masters chess tournament to jointly occupy the fourth place with six points.

R Praggnanandhaa, the other Indian in the fray, lost to American Fabiano Caruana to remain on 3.5 points and in joint 12th place with two others. Carlsen (7.5 points) preserved his leading position despite missing a clear win against Gujrathi.

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Dutchman Anish Giri suffered a painful defeat at the hands of his compatriot Jorden Van Foreest and slid to the third position while Richard Rapport moved to second place in the current standings after getting a win by forfeit over Daniil Dubov.

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