Praggnanandhaa defeats Sindarov, takes lead in Clutch Chess
Bengaluru, Oct. 30 -- Praggnanandhaa defeated Hikaru Nakamura twice, Fabiano Caruana once and World Championship challenger Javokhir Sindarov once to take the lead at the Clutch Chess at the Saint Louis Chess Club.
The Indian won four of his six games, climbing from last place to first in the four-player rapid tournament. Sindarov won the second game against Praggnanandhaa in their mini-match with Black, playing the King's Indian Defense.
In their first game, Praggnananadhaa found himself in an equal but complicated endgame with Black against Sindarov but found a way to winning White's queen and the game.
Praggnanandhaa has a lead of 1.5 points at the end of day two.
The Indian wasn't happy with his quality of play. "Today was also bad (lik...
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