The highlight of the day was the match between Koneru Humpy and Vaishali R as Koneru Humpy achieved the only classical win of the day in both the tournaments. With this defeat, former tournament leader Vaishali's chances of victory have reduced significantly.
World champion Ding Liren, who has been on a poor run with four consecutive losses, finally stopped the bleeding with a much-needed draw against India's Praggnanand R. However, he missed a move and lost the Armageddon tie-breaker, while Prague survived. Third place in the standings (11 points).
In the highly anticipated game between Magnus Carlsen and Hikaru Nakamura, the classic game ended in a draw relatively quickly, as both sides avoided complicated situations. The Armageddon tiebreak was one of the most intense games in the tournament so far, as Nakamura won after Carlsen finished time out. The win brought Nakamura to within half a point of Carlsen, who leads the tournament with 13 points.
Fabiano Caruana's sacrifice of his knight against Alireza Firoza almost backfired, but he managed to score a draw in classical chess before the latter gave him no chance in the decider.
At the Norway Chess Women's Tournament, the classical game between co-leaders Anna Muzychuk and Xu Wenjun ended peacefully. However, it was Muzychuk who took the lead in the standings by winning the Armageddon tiebreak, finishing just half a point ahead of world champion Wenjun. In another close match of the day, Lei Tingjie defeated Pia Krammling in Armageddon.
World champion Ding Liren, who has been on a poor run with four consecutive losses, finally stopped the bleeding with a much-needed draw against India's Praggnanand R. However, he missed a move and lost the Armageddon tie-breaker, while Prague survived. Third place in the standings (11 points).
In the highly anticipated game between Magnus Carlsen and Hikaru Nakamura, the classic game ended in a draw relatively quickly, as both sides avoided complicated situations. The Armageddon tiebreak was one of the most intense games in the tournament so far, as Nakamura won after Carlsen finished time out. The win brought Nakamura to within half a point of Carlsen, who leads the tournament with 13 points.
Fabiano Caruana's sacrifice of his knight against Alireza Firoza almost backfired, but he managed to score a draw in classical chess before the latter gave him no chance in the decider.
At the Norway Chess Women's Tournament, the classical game between co-leaders Anna Muzychuk and Xu Wenjun ended peacefully. However, it was Muzychuk who took the lead in the standings by winning the Armageddon tiebreak, finishing just half a point ahead of world champion Wenjun. In another close match of the day, Lei Tingjie defeated Pia Krammling in Armageddon.
