Chess: Praggnanandhaa lone third; Gukesh in bottom three

R Praggnanandhaa and D Gukesh

Grandmaster R Praggnanandhaa emerged as the best performing Indian yet again in the faster version of the game as he finished sole third in the rapid section of the Superbet Rapid and blitz chess tournament, a part of the Grand Chess tour here.

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Wei Yi of China continued with his brilliant form and won the rapid section scoring over world championship challenger D Gukesh in the seventh round and Nodirbek Abdusattorov in the eighth before settling for a draw against Praggnanandhaa in the final. World No. 1 Magnus Carlsen had to be content with the second place following a sole victory against Vincent Keymer of Germany besides two draws on the final day of rapid.

The event is only half way through as there are 18 more rounds of blitz to be played before a winner is decided in the USD 1,75,000 prize money tournament. Gukesh, Anish Giri of Holland and Keymer filled up the last three places with seven points.

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