Spherical 11 of the 2024 Candidates saw some feisty matchups on the cards but resulted in disappointment for the Indian contingent in the Open up classification at the Wonderful Corridor in Toronto on Wednesday.
Praggnanandhaa and Vidit Gujrathi shed their respective games when Gukesh’s draw from Ian Nepomniachtchi noticed him slip to the second place in the standings.
The game concerning Gujrathi and title holder Ian Nepomniachtchi finished in a victory for the latter and helped him pull crystal clear in the first location. Vidit would be ruing his faults and the likelihood he skipped as Nepomniachtchi took complete gain of Vidit’s slip-ups and emerged victorious.
Ian Nepomniachtchi (2758) defeated 🇮🇳 Vidit Santosh Gujrathi (2727) right after a extended, messy and intense sport. This places Nepomniachtchi in the sole direct immediately after 11 rounds. #FIDECandidates
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Meanwhile, Gukesh performed out a respectable attract in opposition to Fabiano Caruana and sits in the 2nd spot, just 50 % a stage down below chief Nepomniachtchi.
in the struggle among Praggnanandhaa and Hikaru Nakamura, the American grandmaster controlled the video game solidly with his black pieces before capitalising on Praggnanandhaa’s blunders.
Open Candidates standings immediately after round 11
Impression courtesy: FIDE
Praggnanandhaa could have absent for a attract several occasions in the activity. As a substitute, he selected the much more advanced option while Nakamura was precise in converting his gain, leaving no probabilities for counterplay for his Indian opponent.
Nepomniachtchi is the sole chief once again on 7 factors with three rounds to go. He is adopted by Gukesh and Nakamura with 6.5 points. Nakamura nonetheless has two white online games and will meet up with Nepomniachtchi with black in spherical 13 followed by Gukesh with white in the previous round.
The closing rounds of the Candidates guarantee to be quite enjoyable as the players know what is at stake and will be well prepared to give it their all.