Candidates 2024: Vidit, Pragg, Humpy gain draws; Vaishali, Gukesh concede defeats
Candidates 2024, Round 7: Indian contenders had a disappointing outing on Friday, with none of the five in the fray managing a win in the round seven in Toronto, Canada.
Published : Apr 12, 2024 05:02 IST , CHENNAI - 1 MIN READ
India’s Vidit Gujrathi in action during the seventh round of Candidates 2024. | Photo Credit: FIDE/Michał Walusza
India’s FIDE Candidates contenders had a disappointing outing on Friday, with none of the five in the fray managing a win in the round seven in Toronto, Canada.
D Gukesh fumbled a chance to take the sole lead in the men’s category after he crashed to a time-pressure-induced defeat to France’s Alireza Firouzja.
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Vidit Gujrathi, despite being in the front foot for vast majority of the game, settled for a draw against bottom-placed Nijat Abasov.
R Praggnanandhaa played out a evenly-matched draw against Fabiano Caruana, while his sister R Vaishali crashed to a defeat to China’s Lei Tingjie.
India’s other woman contender Koneru Humpy settled for a draw against Anna Muzychuk.