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Gibraltar Chess: Praggnanandhaa, Gukesh register impressive wins

India’s young guns R. Praggnanandhaa and D. Gukesh posted impressive wins in the fourth round of the Masters categoryy in the 18th Gibraltar Chess festival here as Georgia’s Ivan Cheperinov jumped into sole lead with an all-win record. Nandhidhaa in the opening round, has bounced back in style and on Friday won his fourth-round match against Russian Voldar Murzin, like him a teen prodigy, to take his tally to three points. Gukesh put it across Dutch player Peter Lombaers in 36 moves to join Praggnanandhaa on three points. The former was forced to share the point with compatriot M R Lalith Babu while Sasikiran defeated Azerbaijan’s Woman Grand Master Gunay Mammadzada in 41 moves.

The Hindu

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