Praggnanandhaa vs Fabiano Caruana, FIDE Chess Candidates 2024: Round 7 highlights

India’s R. Praggnanandhaa and USA’s Fabiano Caruana settled for a draw in a round seven encounter in the FIDE Candidates tournament in Toronto, Canada on Friday.

India’s R. Praggnanandhaa takes on USA’s Fabiano Caruana. | Photo Credit: Sportstar

India’s R. Praggnanandhaa and USA’s Fabiano Caruana settled for a draw in a round seven encounter in the FIDE Candidates tournament in Toronto, Canada on Friday.

PRAGGNANANDHAA VS CARUANA ROUND 7 MATCH HIGHLIGHTS:

Round 7 Indian Schedule

Fabiano Caruana (USA) vs R. Praggnanandhaa (IND)

Nijat Abasov (AZE) vs Vidit Gujrathi (IND)

Alireza Firouzja (FRA) vs D. Gukesh (IND)

Anna Muzychuk (UKR) vs Humpy Koneru (IND)

Lei Tingjie (CHN) vs Vaishali Rameshbabu (IND)

Format

Both the Candidates and the Women’s Candidates are a double round-robin tournament with each player playing the rest of the field twice in a total of 14 rounds.

Players get 1 point for a win, ½ point for a draw and 0 points for a loss.

Time Control

The time control for the open category is 120 minutes for the first 40 moves, then 30 minutes for the rest of the game, plus a 30-second increment per move starting from move 41.

For the women’s category, it is 90 minutes for the first 40 moves, then 30 minutes for the rest of the game, plus a 30-second increment per move starting from move one.