Toronto, 17 April : Indian Grandmaster D Gukesh toh tai laga task cut out kuribo kitia tai top seed Fabiano Caruana ke 11th round dey samna kuribo, top dey tai laga position ke consolidate kuriboley hope dey kitia itu Candidates chess tournament heads toh tatey final phase dey ahi asey.
Itu 17-saal Gukesh toh Russia laga Ian Nepomniachtchi logot ekta joint lead dey asey.
Alag Indians maju dey, 18-saal R Praggnanandhaa toh resurgent American Hikaru Nakamura khilaf samna kuribo ek din rest piche dey.
Khalo four rounds pachina, itu toh ekta level-playing field asey itu tuita Indian jawaan karney kitia Vidit Gujrathi para tai nijor ke reckoning dey rakhishey aro khali bhaal para khotom kuribo lagey.
Nepomniachtchi, itia tak khali unbeaten khiladi, FIDE flag andar dey khili asey aro ahia tuita rounds dey ekta tough opposition asey giriawoley.
Gujrathi toh ahia round dey Nepomniachtchi ke log pawo kuntu piche dey Praggnanandhaa asey aro itu tuita matches para tournament laga tone ke set kuribo aro next world championship challenger faisla kuriboley pivotal huwo.
Gukesh karney, Caruana logot itu clash toh crucial huwo kitia itu Indian logot white pieces asey. Juti tai advantage karney press kuribo parisheh kuiley, itu onus toh Caruana dey huwo tai laga detractors ke galti sabit kuriboley.
Itu Indian para Nakamura ke jaa par laga World Cup dey haraishey aro ekta encore karneh agey sawo, especially Gujrathi logot para ekta cue luina kun itu American khilaf tai laga khel tuita bhi jitishey.
Nakamura piche dey, Praggnanandhaa karney Nepomniachtchi laga khilaf ekta clash thakibo aro juti tai itu tuita khel laga pressure luwo parianai kuiley, kun bhi taike 48,000 Euros laga winner laga purse karney contention thakiboley expect nakuribo.
Mahila laga Candidates dey, race toh tuita Chinese khiladi Zhongyi Tan aro Tingjie Lei bheej dey asey, kun alag maju dey superior thakia sabit kurishey.
Theory dey, Koneru Humpy toh ekta chance thakibo parey huilewi practically, itu Indian challenge toh itu section dey khotom huwoleh hi asey.
Itu tuita leaders 6.5 points each logot thakiba, Russians Aleksandra Goryachkina ado Kateryna Lagno toh 5.5 points logot sobse osor asey.
Humpy toh 4.5 logot distant fifth spot dhuri asey aro ekta miracle lagey.
Alag Indian, R Vaishali tai laga jaa khel Bulgaria laga Nurgyul Salimova khilaf jitishey huilewi last spot dey hi asey.
Pairings round 11
D Gukesh (6) vs Fabiano Caruana (USA, 5.5); Vidit Gujrathi (5) vs Ian Nepomniachtchi (FIDE, 6); R Praggnanandhaa (5.5) vs Hikaru Nakamura (USA, 5.5); Firouza Alireza (FRA, 3.5) vs Nijat Abasov (AZE, 3).
Mahila : Koneru Humpy (4.5) vs Nurgyuaal Salimova (BUL, 4); R Vaishali (3.5) vs Aleksandra Goryachkina (FIDE, 5.5); Zhongyi Tan (6.5) vs Kateryna Lagno (FIDE, 5.5); Tingjei Lei (CHN, 6.5) vs Anna Muzychuk (UKR, 4).
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