Prague, 3 March : Grandmaster R Praggnanandhaa aru fellow Indian Aravindh Chithambaram ekjon logot draw korsi, aru duijon fifth round laga upor bhi pura ek point lead te thakise Prague Masters chess tournament te.
Aravindh aru Praggnanandhaa 3.5 points laga sate ase, aru itu piche top seed Wei Yi (China), Anish Giri (Holland), Quang Leim Le (Vietnam), aru Vincent Keymer (Germany) ase, junhoboloke 2.5 points ase.
Sixth place te thaka baki participants to Czech duo David Navara aru Nguyen Thai Dai Van, Sam Shankland (United States), aru Gurel Ediz (Turkey) ase.
Itu 10-player round-robin tournament te ahibi 4 round baki ase.
Itu din te ekta hi decisive game hoisey, juntu Wei Yi laga nishina performance dikhi kina Shankland upor jitise. Anish Giri aru Dai Van draw korsi, David Navara to bishi kharap position pora wapas ahise aru Keymer upor draw korsi, aru Le aru Gurel Ediz bhi shanti te game khotom korsi.
Itu Praggnanandhaa aru Aravindh laga third Classical game hoisey, kintu result to change nohoi. Aravindh, black khelikina, Praggnanandhaa ke complicated position te anibole try nohoi, aru tai laga Berlin defense to simple level position te loi jaisey.
Berlin defense, jun Russian Vladimir Kramnik pora quarter century agei popular banai dise Kasparov upor match te, itu game te bhi Aravindh ke bhal advantage dise. Praggnanandhaa regular pieces exchange kori thakise, aru last te rook aru pawns laga endgame te punchise, juntu Aravindh ekta pawn kom thakise kintu counter-play bishi ase. Last te, Aravindh second pawn sacrifice korise aru white king laga shelter nohoi jaise, jun te theoretically drawn hoisey.
Wei Yi tactical mistake utilize kori kina Shankland upor jitise, jun white khelise. Tai tournament laga shuru te first three games pora duita hari dise, kintu Navara upor jeetibishi wapas ahikina itu second win record korsi.
Shankland queen side te ekta dangerous passed pawn allow kori dise, aru 27 moves te game khotom hoijai, black laga heavy pieces base rank te pura dominate kori dise.
Challengers section te, Divya Deshmukh laga third loss hoisey France laga Marc’Andria Maurizzi upor, aru tai 1.5 points te thakise. Tai balanced position te punchi thakise, kintu last te French Grandmaster endgame te pura overpower kori dise.
Nnodirbek Yakubboev (Uzbekistan) itu section te sole leader banai jaisey, Jachym Nemec (Czech Republic) upor jitikina. Uzbek player laga total 5 games pora 4 points hoijai.
Monday to rest day ase, aru battle Tuesday pora wapas shuru hobole ase.
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