Pragg, Nihal, and Gukesh in the hunt
The Hindu
Gelfand Challenge online rapid chess tournament begins today
R. Praggnanandhaa will look to stave off strong challenges from top seed Nodirbek Abdusattorov, second seed Nihal Sarin and D. Gukesh when the Gelfand Challenge online rapid chess tournament begins on Thursday. Winner of the Polgar Challenge — the first leg of the Julius Bar Challenge Tour — third seed Praggnanandhaa gained an opportunity to play in the elite New in Chess Classic and performed creditably. The Indian prodigy not only drew with Magnus Carlsen, Hikaru Nakamura and Alireza Firouzja in the last three games, but also scalped Teimour Radjabov, Sergey Karjakin, Jan-Krzysztof Duda and Johan Sebastian Christiansen.
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