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Praggnanandhaa placed joint second in Gibraltar Chess Festival

Grandmaster R. Praggnanandhaa moved to joint second with six points after his opponent and top-seed Shakhriyar Mamedyarov withdrew from the eighth round due to illness in the Masters category of the 18th Gibraltar Chess Festival here. Four-way tie The 17-year-old Russian Andrey Esipenko, the 19-year old Iranian Parham Maghsoodloo, David Paravyan and China’s Wango Hao were tied for the top spot with 6.5 points out of 8. Karthikeyan Murali, who finished second last year, shared honours with David Navara while the game between the experienced Sasikiran and young Indian GM Raunak Sadhwani ended in a stalemate. Shakhriyar Mamedyarov ; B. Adhiban drew with D. Gukesh ; Karthikeyan Murali drew with David Navara ; K. Sasikiran drew with Raunak Sadhwani ; Vaibhav Suri bt Ritvars Reimanis.

The Hindu

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