Grand Chess Tour: D Gukesh Beats Wesley So To Continue His Domination In Rapid
For Gukesh, the day started with a peaceful result against Dutchman Anish Giri when the players reached a nearly-locked position despite several pieces on the board. The players shook hands as neither side was able to make much progress.
The second round was really interesting for Gukesh as he employed the Marshall gambit against Ivan Saric of Croatia and the marathon match lasted 87 moves before peace was signed.
Wesley So was already under pressure to catch up but his challenge did not last long as Gukesh capitalised on a tactical error to net a couple of pawns in the middle game and two full points without much ado in just 36 moves.
World number one Magnus Carlsen showed initial promise on the final day of rapid, starting off with full points against Fabiano Caruana of the United States but then a draw with Nodirbek Abdusattorov of Uzbekistan ended his hopes of coming much closer.
The other Indian in the fray, R Praggnanandhaa defeated Saric in round seven and drew with Wesley and his game against Duda was about to end in a draw too though the Indian enjoyed a miniscule advantage.
Results Round 7: D Gukesh (Ind) drew with Anish Giri (Ned); Fabiano Caruana (USA) lost to Magnus Carlsen (Nor); Alireza Firouzja (Fra) beat Wesley So (USA); R Praggnanandhaa (Ind) beat Ivan Saric (Cro); Duda Jan-Krzysztof (Pol) drew with Nodirbek Abdusattorov (Uzb).
Round 8: Wesley So drew with Praggnanandhaa; Abdusattorov drew with Magnus Carlsen; Giri lost to Caruana; Saric drew with Gukesh; Duda drew with Firouzja.
Round 9: Gukesh beat Wesley; Firouzja playing Abdusattorov; Carlsen playing Giri; Praggnanandhaa playing Duda; Caruana beat Saric.
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