Sinquefield Cup R6: Gukesh keeps playing exciting chess
R Praggnanandhaa drew with the world champion, Ding Liren quickly in Round 6 of Grand Chess Tour Sinquefield Cup 2024. D Gukesh keeps fighting every single game. He played enterprising chess against Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA). However, there was no clear path for him to earn a full point. Alireza Firouzja (FRA) drew with Wesley So (USA) to maintain his sole lead 4/6. Ian Nepomniachtchi fell for a very common idea in the Sicilian Dragon. He made a mistake which club level players make, allowing Fabiano Caruana (USA) to score a win. Both Caruana and So are now at 3.5/6, a half point behind the sole leader. Round 7 starts today at 1 p.m. local time, 11:30 p.m. IST. Photo: Lennart Ootes/Grand Chess Tour
Praggnanandhaa makes a comfortable draw against Ding Liren
Perhaps D Gukesh's approach towards the World Championship and Olympiad is the best - fight in every single game. Test himself against various strong opponents in a variety of situations, as he has played very few times against some of the world-class opponents.
Gukesh - Vachier-Lagrave: 0.5-0.5
D Gukesh (2766) played only one Classical rated game against Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA, 2721) which was last month at Superbet Classic. That ended in a draw. This time, Gukesh was pushing for a win.
Computer recommends going for 42.a6 directly without trading pawns on g4. Gukesh opted for the latter and the game eventually ended in a draw. Find out the difference between playing 42.a6 directly and after 42.hxg4 hxg4 43.a6 which happened in the game.
Nepomniachtchi - Caruana: 0-1
Ian Nepomniachtchi (2767) made an incorrect pawn push in the Sicilian Dragon. He fell for a thematic attack, something club level players fall for.
18.g5? invited a typical idea which is quite common in the Dragon. Try to find it. The surprising thing is a 2700+ falling for this idea.
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Sinquefield Cup will have one round per day from 19th to 28th August. Rest day is on Saturday 24th August. Each round starts at 1 p.m. local time, 11:30 p.m. IST, except the last round on 28th August. It will start at 11 am. local time, 9:30 p.m. IST. It will be a 10-player Round Robin event.
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The total prize fund is US$ 350000.
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| Table | White | Score | Fed. | Rating | Black | Score | Fed. | Rating | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GM Caruana, Fabiano | 3.5 | USA | 2793 | GM Gukesh D | 3.0 | IND | 2766 | |
| 2 | GM Praggnanandhaa R | 3.0 | IND | 2749 | GM Nepomniachtchi, Ian | 2.5 | FID | 2767 | |
| 3 | GM Firouzja, Alireza | 4.0 | FRA | 2751 | GM Ding, Liren | 3.0 | CHN | 2745 | |
| 4 | GM Abdusattorov, Nodirbek | 2.5 | UZB | 2762 | GM So, Wesley | 3.5 | USA | 2751 | |
| 5 | GM Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | 3.0 | FRA | 2721 | GM Giri, Anish | 2.0 | NED | 2746 |
