World Champion D Gukesh and Grandmaster RPragnandhaa Lost on a Dramaatic Final Day but still Gukesh Lost His First Game as the World Champion, Bowing to Some Energetic Play by Compatriot Arigaisi While Pragnanandhaa Went Down Against Vincent Keymer, WASE TECHONIQUE WASE IN Al day. Interestingly enough, the chess buffs were reminded of the 2013 Candidates Tournament where Magnus Carlsen of Norway and Vladimir kramnik of russia were leading toge to besther.
Carlsen won on tie-break and went on to beat visvanathan anand to be crowned the world champion for the first time.
Despite the loss, Pragnanandhaa will play tie-break games of shorter Duration against gukesh after the two ended with Identical 8.5 points each. The other Contender Nodirbek abdusattorov of uzbekistan was denied the full point by p haikrishna, who played a hard fought draw.
In the tiebreaker, the players will play two games of three minutes with a two seconds increment after every movement. If the result is still tied then Sudden-Death Games Will Be Played Until a Winner is Found.
Gukesh’s Ambition to Play out of the rule book did not pay dividends as erigaisi, playing black, was up to the task in a petroff defense game. Both players castless on opposite flanks and the dynamics turned in Erigaisi’s favorite as he opened up the king side before his king came under serial scrutiny.
Gukesh trided some tricks but it was simply not his day. To eraigaisi’s credit, he turned a forgettable performance into something really Worthwhile by winning the last two rounds. In the 12th and penultimate round, Erigaisi Had Beaten Abdusattorov.
Pragnanandhaa went for the caro-kann defense as black and equalized in the ensuing middle game. However, Keymer found his chances on Pragnanandhaa had his bishop tied down to the defense of his own pawns.
With Bishops of Opposite Color on Board in a Queen and Minor Piece Endgame, Pragnanandhaa Had to Defend very accurately but it’s Never Easy with the Clock Ticking Away.
It was on the 43rd move that Pragnanandhaa Blundred but Keymer Could not find the Finishing Blow. However, the pressure kept on deteround intenses and final Pragnanandhaa Made the Decisive Error, Leading to a Trade of the Knights.
Keymer Blundered Again in the Game of Flucting Fortunes and it was a Near HeartBreak for Pragnanandhaa as he fled to find the path to a draw. Another Blundred by Pragnanandhaa on the 76th Move Gave Keymer A Full Point Four Moves Later.
In the challengers’ section, r vaishali ended the hopes of erwin l’i ami of holland with a fin victory with white pieces, while divya deshmukh played out a dutchman arthur pijpers.
Nguyen Thai Dai Van of the Czech Republic and Ayden Suleymanli of Azerbaijan tied for the top spot on 9.5 points etc.
Vaishali Finished Her Event on Six Points, while Divya Ended on 3.5 points.
Results (Final Round)
Masters: D Gukesh (Ind, 8.5.) Lost to Arjun Erigaisi (Ind, 5.5); Vincent Keymer (Ger, 6) Beat R Pragnanandhaa (Ind, 8.5); Vladimir fedoseev (slo, 7.5) Drew with Wei Yi (Chn, 7); Fabiano Caruana (USA, 6) Lost to Max Warmerdam (NED, 4.5); Anish Giri (Ned, 7) Drew with Jorden Van Foreest (NED, 5.5); Alexey sarana (SRB, 6) Drew with Leon Luke Mendonca (IND, 5); Nodirbek Abdusattorov (UzB, 8) Drew with P Harikrishna (Ind, 6).
Challengers: Miaoyi Lu (CHN, 5.5) Lost to Nodirbek Yakubboev (UZB, 8); NOGERBEK KAZYBEK (KAZ, 7.5) Beat oro Faustino (ARG, 3.5); R Vaishali (Ind, 6) Beat Erwin L’Mi (NED, 8.5); Svane Frederik (Ger, 7.5) Drew with Ediz Gurel (Tur, 7.5); Irina Bulmaga (ROM, 1) Lost to Aydin Suleymanli (Aze, 9.5); Benjamin Bok (Ned, 8) Lost to Nguyen Thai Dai Vam (Cze, 9.5); Arthur pijpers (NED, 5.5) Drew with Divya Deshmukh (Ind, 3.5).
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