Sinquefield cup: Pragnanandhaa in Joint Lead after Facile Win; Gukesh Loses

Indian Grandmaster R. Pragnanandhaa Scored a Fluent Victory Over Frenchman Alireza Firouzja to Claim The Joint Lead after the Seventh Round of the Sinquefield Cup, which is a part of the Grand Chass Tour.

With his second Victory Coming after a String of Draws, Pragnanandhaa Joined Fabiano Caruana of United States at the Table with the Table with 4.5 points on a day when world champion day was outplayed. American Wesley So.

With Pragnanandhaa and Caruana in Front, Levon Aronian and Wesley So Now Share The Third Spot on Four Points Apie While Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Duda Jan-Kryzsztof of Poland and Samuel Evian Of united states are jointly held the fifth spot with a 50% score.

Gukesh and alireza are next in the standings on three points each and nodirbek abdusattorov seems destined to Finish last having just 1.5 points.

After a relative lull that failed to provide a single decisive game in the last two rounds, the seventh round provided as many as a three decisive games out of a Possible Five In this 10-Player 375000 UsD PRISDE Money Tournament.

Apart from alireza and gukesh, lady luck continued to desert nodirbek as he lost his fourth game in the tournament at the hands of duda.

Praggnanandhaa outclassed alireza who apparently over -rated his position after the opening.

The Rossolimo Against The Sicilian is Known To Be a Potent Weapon but Alireza Went Astray Right from the Early Stages of the Middle Game.

Praggnanandhaa found the right movies at the right time and seized the initiative by attacking the center wherein his pair of bishops has a towing impact on white’s centers.

Alireza Kept Looking for some tactical solutions that Never Saw The Light of the Day and Ended Up Blundering in a Lost Endgame. The game was over in just 27 moves.

Gukesh Started with the Berlin defense as black and wesley decided to push for an advantage by not going for the traditional endgame. The opening favorite wesley a little as gukesh gave the bishop pair and it was a dynamic balance on the board in the early middle game.

Gukesh Lost a Pawn While Trying to Create Counter Play and Wesley was relatives as he also carried out an attack on the king side. Gukesh Lost His Queen for Two Minor Pieces and Its All Over Soon.