Praggnanandhaa in the lead in Julius Baer Challengers Chess Tour
The Hindu
In the 17-player round-robin event, Praggnanadhaa defeated players from U.S., China, and Israel
Grandmaster R. Praggnanandhaa won all five rounds to lead the table after the first day of Hou Yifan Challenge online rapid event, part of the $100,000 Julius Baer Challengers Chess Tour on Saturday.
In the 17-player round-robin event, Praggnanadhaa opened his campaign by beating Balaji Daggupati (U.S.A.), and then defeated elder sister R. Vaishali, Zhu Jiner (China), Yahli Sokolovsky (Israel) and Lei Tingjie (China) to stay one point clear of Germany’s Vincent Keymer.
Compatriot Leon Mandonca (3.5) was tied for the third spot after beating Sokolovsky and Tingjie but lost to U.S.A.’s Awonder Liang, drew with Russia’s Volodar Murzin and got past Poland’s Oliwia Kiolbasa.
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