Gukesh drew with Nakamura in the final round of the #FIDECandidates and now only Caruana can stop the 17-year-old from winning the tournament outright with a victory over Nepo! Gukesh and Caruana would face each other in a tiebreak tomorrow.
It took just 5 minutes and is certainly the fastest game of the 2024 #FIDECandidates: Berlin draw between Firouzja and Vidit, who both had no chance of winning the tournament anymore.
Lei lost to Vaishali, who has now won 4 games in a row, meaning that sole leader Tan only needs a draw in tomorrow's final round to win the 2024 Women's Candidates!
Nepomniachtchi and Nakamura drew by repetition in Round 13 of the Candidates. If Gukesh draws with Firouzja and Caruana wins against Praggnanandhaa in their ongoing games, we will have a 4-way tie going into the final round tomorrow!
Join us and our hosts IMs Irene Sukandar and Laura Unuk now for Round 13 of the #FIDECandidates! Get ready for a pivotal game in the three-way tied Open between leaders Nepomniachtchi and Nakamura & Tan vs Goryachkina in the Women's section among others.
Hikaru Nakamura defeats Alireza Firouzja and, after a brief spell at the top yesterday, is now really in shared 1st place of the 2024 Candidates - at least until the next to last round after tomorrow's rest day!
Wesley So or Anish Giri would have been much more competitive. I think it's sad that Firouzja doesn't care about Classical chess for a year and then just plays a weak event to get in to the Candidates
Nepomniachtchi, the current leader of the 2024 Open Candidates, drew against Praggnanandhaa in Round 12 and remains in the lead - waiting for the results of Nakamura and Gukesh, who can catch up and join 1st place!
Watch Round 12 of the 2024 Candidates with us and our hosts IM Irene Sukandar, IM Laura Unuk and GM Felix Blohberger! Current Open leader Nepo takes on Pragg and joint runners-up Nakamura and Gukesh play Firouzja and Abasov, respectively.