The games of the 6th round of the Challengers Chess Tournament have been held. Idman.biz reports that Azerbaijani chess player Nijat Abasov played with Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa.
Our representative played this match with black pieces. Nijat defeated for the 3rd time in the tournament organized in Toronto, Canada.
Our chess player, ranking the draws with the "whites" and the defeats with the "blacks", did not win for the third time.
Challengers Tournament VI round, April 10 Dommaraju Gukesh – Hikaru Nakamura – 0.5:0.5 Vidit Santosh Gujrathi – Alireza Firouzja – 1:0 Rameshbabu Pragfnanandhaa - Nijat Abasov – 1:0 lan Nepomniachtchi - Fabiano Caruana – 0.5:0.5 Score: 1-2. Dommaraju Gukesh (India), lan Nepomnuachtchi (FIDE) - 4, 3. Fabiano Caruana (USA) – 3.5, 4. Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa (India) – 3.5, 5. Vidit Santosh Gujrathi (India) – 3, 6 Hikaru Nakamura (USA) – 3, 7-8. Alireza Firouzja (France), Nijat Abasov (Azerbaijan) – 1.5. It should be noted that Abasov will play Santosh Gujrathi in the VII round. Our representative will play the last match in the first round with white pieces.
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