Pragg wins five in a row, shares lead
The Hindu
Gukesh recovers from the first-day blues to score four straight victories
Staging a stunning comeback, R. Praggnanandhaa won all five rounds on Friday to share the lead after 10 rounds of the Gelfand Challenge online rapid chess tournament. Overnight in the tied fifth spot, the 15-year-old seemed to have pushed the reboot button by stunning his second-seeded compatriot Nihal Sarin. He went on to account for Zhu Jiner (China), teammate Leon Mendonca, Vincent Keymer (Germany) and Jonas Buhl Bjerre (Denmark) for a share of the lead with top seeded Uzbek Nodirbek Abdusattarov at eight points. D. Gukesh also recovered from the first-day blues and the loss in the sixth round, scoring four straight wins. He now shares the third spot with Keymer and first-day leader Awonder Liang, who lost three successive games.
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