Tata Steel Masters: Vidit Gujrathi beats Grandelius, Pragyananand loses once more

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Indian Grandmaster Vidit Santosh Gujrathi made a comeback after defeating Nils Grandelius within the eighth spherical whereas shedding to his compatriot R Pragyanand Shakhriyar Mamedyarov.

Azerbaijan’s Mamedyarov’s victory over Pragyanand helped him be part of the management of world No. 1 Magnus Carlsen. The 16-year-old Indian GM now has 2.5 factors after struggling 4 losses in eight rounds up to now.

Gujarati and Dutch participant Anish Giri are trailing the chief by half a degree after registering a five-point victory within the eighth spherical.

Grandelius opted for a pointy line towards the Gujrati, attractive his opponent to pursue the Black Knight. However, the Swedish participant’s mistake in transfer 34 ended his resistance, permitting his opponent to steal a full level.

Carlsen drew towards Sam Shankland in 35 strikes and held a joint lead with 5.5 factors.

Meanwhile, Indian GM Arjun Arigasi continued to steer the sphere within the Challengers occasion after beating Jonas Buhl Bajre of Denmark within the eighth spherical. It has 7 factors and is 1.5 factors forward of FIDE.

Arigasi’s compatriot Surya Shekhar Ganguly slipped to ninth place after shedding to Rinat Zumabayev (Kazakhstan).

Standings after Round 8 – Masters: 1-2. Magnus Carlsen and Shakhriyar Mamedyarov 5.5 factors, 3-4. Vidit Gujrathi and Anish Giri 5, 5. Richard Rapport 4.5, 6-9. Sergei Karjakin, Fabiano Caruana, Jordan van Forest and Andrey Esipenko 4; 10-11. Sam Shankland and Jan-Krzysztof Duda 3.5, 12. Daniel Dubov 3; 13. R Pragyananand 2.5, 14. Nils Grandelius 2.

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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS

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