Young Indian Grandmaster R Praggnanandhaa pulled off a win over compatriot Vidit Santhosh Gujrathi in a marathon tenth spherical conflict on the Tata Steel Masters chess event right here.
The 16-year previous Praggnanandhaa (Elo 2612) halted his three-match dropping streak to shock the higher-rated Gujrathi (Elo 2727) in 78 strikes in a Nimzo-Indian Classical variation recreation late on Wednesday.
Gujrathi, who was among the many leaders until about two rounds in the past, has slipped to joint fourth with 5.5 factors. Praggnanandhaa, then again, improved to three.5 factors however stood in thirteenth place.
With all of the gamers within the main group drawing their video games in spherical 10, world no.1 Magnus Carlsen continued to remain on prime of the standings with seven factors.
Carlsen and Sergey Karjakin performed one of many shortest video games within the event this 12 months, which lasted simply 16 strikes.
Dutch star Anish Giri managed a draw Jan-Krzysztof Duda (Poland) to maneuver to second place with 6.5 factors.
The winners on the day included Richard Rapport, who received the higher of Fabiano Caruana, Andrey Esipenko, who defeated Jorden Van Foreest and Sweden’s Nils Grandelius, who secured his maiden victory by beating Daniil Dubov.
In the Challengers occasion, Indian GM Arjun Erigaisi maintained his two-point lead over the sphere, with a draw towards Polina Shuvalova (Russia). He has 8.5 factors whereas his nearest challengers – Thai Dai Van Nguyen and Jonas Buhl Bjerre have 6.5.
Three extra rounds stay to be performed each within the Masters and Challengers occasions.
Standings after Round 10: 1. ??gnus Carlsen 7 factors; 2. Anish Giri 6.5; 3-4. Shakhriyar Mamedyarov and Richard Rapport 6; 5-7. Vidit Gujrathi, Sergey Karjakin and Andrey Esipenko 5.5; 8. Fabiano Caruana 5; 9-10. Jan-Krzysztof Duda and Jorden Van Foreest 4.5; 11. Sam Shankland 4; 12-13. Daniil Dubov and R Praggnanandhaa 3.5; 14. Nils Grandelius 3.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
