Chess Candidates Event 2024 Spherical 2 Stay Updates: In any case 5 Indians in motion on the Candidates 2024 chess event ended with attracts in Spherical 1 at Toronto, they are going to be again on the second day to make their early transfer on the leaderboard.
The spotlight of the second spherical clashes is the showdown of the teenage Indian prodigies: Praggnanandhaa R dealing with off in opposition to Gukesh D. Each gamers come from Chennai, town that additionally gave the world Viswanathan Anand.
In the meantime, Hikaru Nakamura will probably be taking over Vidit Santosh Gujrathi. In the meantime, Kateryna Lagno will tackle the veteran Humpy Koneru within the girls’s occasion. Tan Zhongyi, the one participant to finish the primary spherical with victory throughout her identify, will face off in opposition to 22-year-old Vaishali Rameshbabu.
On Day 1, all 5 Indians competing on the event ended up enjoying out attracts. The all-India clashes between D Gukesh and compatriot Vidit Gujrathi within the males’s part and Vaishali vs Koneru Humpy within the girls’s part ended with gamers splitting the purpose. The fifth Indian within the competitors, Praggnanandhaa, additionally ended with a draw in opposition to Alireza Firouzja.
For the eight males within the open class, there’s an opportunity to tackle world champion Ding Liren at stake. The eight girls are battling to face Ju Wenjun.
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