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!
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.
Bxh6 - Lei Tingjie offered to sacrifice her dark-squared bishop against Anna Muzychuk in Round 11 of the Women's Candidates! Would you have taken it? 🤔
Results for Round 10 of the 2024 Candidates: Nakamura and Caruana won, tied with Praggnanandhaa, 0.5 points behind the leaders Gukesh and Nepomniachtchi. Lei continued her run and Vaishali ended her losing streak!
Lei has now won 4 out of her last 5 games in the Women's Candidates, defeating Goryachkina with Black in a complicated endgame today, and is co-leading with Tan after Round 10!
It was a better day at the office for the Botez sisters. Andrea won against a stronger 2070+ opponent, and Alexandra drew against a slightly weaker opponent after being much worse out of the opening.