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Indian Grandmaster R Praggnanandhaa defeated in a single day sole chief Nodirbek Abdusattarov of Uzbekistan to stake his declare for the highest honours on the Prague Masters chess event in Prague. Profitable with the black items, Praggnanandhaa got here inside putting distance of the only real chief within the ten-player round-robin occasion that also has three rounds remaining. Issues labored out even higher for Praggnanandhaa because the second-placed Parham Maghsoodloo of Iran went all the way down to Nguyen Thai Dai Van of the Czech Republic.
Because of this, Abdusattarov continued to rule the roost with 4 factors and he’s now adopted by Praggnanandhaa, Richard Rapport of Romania and Maghsoodloo who all have 3.5 factors apiece.
Praggnanandhaa was on the prime of his sport with out giving something to his opponent. The Ruy Lopez by white met with some deft manoeuvres and was shelved as Praggnanandhaa made constant progress on all sides of the board.
As the sport progressed, Abdusattrov discovered issues to be tough and finally needed to collapse.
D Gukesh had a tough day as he went all the way down to tail-ender Mateusz Bartel. Along with his white items, Gukesh was anticipated to attain but it surely was a type of days when nothing labored to perfection.
Vidit Gujrathi was up towards one other shocker as he went all the way down to Vincent Keymer of Germany. The Indian was the favorite on this encounter however couldn’t make issues work in his favour.
Outcomes spherical 6 (Indians until specified): Nodirbek Abdusattarrov (Uzb, 4) misplaced to R Praggnanandhaa (3.5); D Gukesh (2.5) misplaced to Mateusz Bartel (Pol, 2); Vidit Gujrathi (2) misplaced to Vincent Keymer (Ger, 3); Nguyen Thai Van Dan (cze, 3) beat Parham Maghsoodloo (Iri, 3.5); David Navara (Cze, 3) drew with Richard Rapport (Rou, 3.5).
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