Gujrathi holds World No.1 Carlsen to draw

Vidit Gujrathi and Magnus Carlsen

Indian Grandmaster Vidit Gujrathi held world No. 1 Magnus Carlsen to a draw in the 11th round of the Tata Steel Masters chess tournament to jointly occupy the fourth place with six points. R Praggnanandhaa, the other Indian in the fray, lost to American Fabiano Caruana to remain on 3.5 points and in joint 12th place with two others.

Carlsen (7.5 points) preserved his leading position despite missing a clear win against Gujrathi.

Dutchman Anish Giri suffered a painful defeat at the hands of his compatriot Jorden Van Foreest and slid to the third position while Richard Rapport moved to second place in the current standings after getting a win by forfeit over Daniil Dubov.

The Russian GM had to drop out of the event after testing positive for COVID-19. Carlsen tried the Italian Game with Nc3 against Gujrathi, but the Indian GM passed the test and reached equality.

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