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15-05-2025
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- News18
Superbet Classic: R Praggnanandhaa Takes Sole Lead With Win Over Wesley So
Last Updated: The victory with black, took Praggananandhaa to five points in all on a day when World champion D Gukesh also registered his first victory at the expense of Levon Aronian. Indian grandmaster R Praggnanandhaa shot into sole lead, defeating Wesley So of the United States in the 8th round of Superbet Classic, a part of the Grand Chess tour. The victory with black, took Praggananandhaa to five points in all on a day when World champion D Gukesh also registered his first victory at the expense of another American Levon Aronian. Maxime Vachier-Lagrave of France played a draw with Fabiano Caruana of USA, while local GM Deac Bogdan-Daniel also got a draw with Duda Jan-Krzysztof of Poland. With just one round to come, Frenchman Alireza Firouzja was trying his best to dent the confidence of Uzbek Nodirbek Abdusattorov in a keenly contested battle. With Pragg on 5, Caruana and Vachier-Lagrave share the second spot currently on 4.5 points apiece. Alireza can join the Indian in lead if he wins against Abdusattorov. After two losses, Gukesh came back in form and he moved to 3.5 points. Results round 8: Wesley So (Usa, 3.5) lost to R Praggananandhaa (Ind, 5); Levon Aronian (3) lost to D Gukesh (Ind, 3.5); Deac Bogdan Daniel (Rou, 4) drew with Duda Jan-Krzysztof (Pol, 3); Fabiano Caruana (Usa, 4.5) drew with Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (Fra, 4.5); Alireza Firouzja (Fra, 4) playing Nodirbek Abdusattorov (Uzb, 2.5). Location : Romania First Published:
India Today
12-05-2025
- Sport
- India Today
Superbet Classic: Praggnanandhaa remains in joint lead after draw with Vachier-Lagrave
Grandmaster R Praggnanandhaa played out a draw with Maxime Vachier-Lagrave to remain in joint lead with the Frenchman after five rounds of the Superbet Classic, a part of the Grand Chess champion D Gukesh recovered a bit to draw with Duda Jan-Krzysztof of Poland in what turned out to be a rather dull day with stalemates on all five boards in the 10-player round-robin Aronian of the United States fought till the end against Firouzja Alireza of France to earn a half point. It was a similar story for Nodirbek Abdusattorov of Uzbekistan who had to split the point with Deac Bogdan-Daniel of Romania. Apart from Vachier-Lagrave and Praggnanandhaa, Fabiano Caruana remained as the third co-leader after a long-drawn battle against fellow American Wesley white, Praggnanandhaa faced the expected Sicilian Najdorf against Vachier-Lagrave and chose a lesser-known variation as his reply. However, Vachier-Lagrave, with his deep understanding on the opening, did not face any hurdles in maintaining parity even though Praggnanandhaa sacrificed a pawn in the middle game to put some pressure on the came up with a timely sacrifice, parting his rook for a knight and the activity of his remaining pieces ensured that there was no trouble. Praggnanandhaa eventually allowed a repetition and the game was drawn after 45 went for huge complications against Duda and could have lost another game. The Queen's gambit declined did not yield much for the Indian and he decided to sacrifice a piece. The game could have been drawn but Gukesh got a little ambitious and it took another blunder from Duda on the 43rd move for the Indian to get a (Round 5): R Praggnanandhaa (Ind, 3) drew with Maxime-Vachier-Lagrave (Fra, 3); D Gukesh (Ind, 2) drew with Duda Jan-Krzysztof (Pol, 2); Nodirbek Abdusattorov (Uzb, 2) drew with Deac Bogdan-Daniel (Rou, 2.5); Wesley So (USA, 2.5) drew with Fabiano Caruana (USA, 3); Levon Aronian (2.5) drew with Firouzja Alireza (Fra, 2.5).Must Watch
