In the Grand Chess Tour Superbet Chess Classic 2024, Gukesh and Praggnanandhaa face off against top players. Gukesh defeats Bogdan-Daniel Deac in Round 1. Caruana also secures a win. Excitement rises as intense battles unfold in the tournament.
Caruana is playing on increment and looks to have given away almost all of his advantage vs. So! https://t.co/CwlwV8gg0x #GrandChessTour https://t.co/jhFwFjzUtL
These are the pairings for the #SpeedChess Knockout qualifier, starting tomorrow at 11 a.m. ET! https://t.co/ADmnb88Sfl
The top 8 make it to tomorrow's Knockout, where they will fight for one last spot in the #SpeedChess Championship main event! https://t.co/TsYyRG90m8
Andrew Hong manages to win the tricky queen vs. rook and pawn endgame to finish in the top 8! #SpeedChess https://t.co/hqZDZTNYX1
Dubov tries everything to win, so much so that he ends up overreaching and losing the game! https://t.co/MTjYO24nIn #SpeedChess https://t.co/NLCXemjxrP
Gukesh has 11 months left to see if he can become the highest rated 18-year-old of all time — of course he could also win the World Championship title! #GrandChessTour https://t.co/sfQeYeXPVW
For a 2nd day in a row Alireza Firouzja has a close-to-winning position — can he convert this time? https://t.co/9fufwiHP4s #GrandChessTour https://t.co/I80ozjrem6
Daniil Dubov sacrifices pawn after pawn in King's Gambit style, and after the game Hess calls it "one of the sickest blitz games I've seen in a long time"! https://t.co/TBf41skrqw #SpeedChess https://t.co/alUihBsUO0
We are following closely the game between former and current challengers of the world championship matches Ian Nepomniachtchi and Gukesh D. Stay tuned! https://t.co/Psf5y7PXfL https://t.co/Tbm5ei0MEU
Caruana's 1.c4 sent Wesley So into a deep think before he finally played 1...e5! https://t.co/CwlwV8gg0x #GrandChessTour https://t.co/0eJOlSS3Xi
.@GrandChessTour Superbet Classic 2024 Round 1: @DGukesh defeats Bogdan-Daniel Deac @FabianoCaruana also scores a win Read more https://t.co/FWKTi04kz0
In the time scramble, Deac misses a nice drawing sequence with 40...Nxe3 41.Qxe3 Bxg2!. https://t.co/hAupS4ZLYW #GrandChessTour https://t.co/HdrxSZPVSS
Two games remain, with plenty of action! https://t.co/4GanN5Kigx #GrandChessTour https://t.co/rsQ0AuLgd1
Deac has 51 seconds against over 20 minutes! https://t.co/JJQYLD4DUR #GrandChessTour https://t.co/Bxgq9Cv8jE
One of the tensest battles of round 1 is between Nodirbek Abdusattorov and Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa. Follow the games live https://t.co/hCasDAU5kY #chess #superbetchessclassicromania #grandchesstour #pragg #Nodirbek #tension https://t.co/4CkKykDOXT
Deac has a good position vs. Gukesh, but this year there's no additional time at move 40 — so he has just 10 minutes + a 30-second/move increment for the rest of the game! https://t.co/JJQYLD465j #GrandChessTour https://t.co/TW8D5yVbyU
Gukesh's game is heating up! Watch: https://t.co/pdJgMcixC1 https://t.co/NpbaoODjj2
"There's a big debate whether Gukesh blundered or sacrifice a pawn!" https://t.co/JJQYLD465j #GrandChessTour https://t.co/KYQLIYupnx
Gukesh starts as favourite, Praggnanandhaa cynosure of all eyes https://t.co/fwAFBJ7FkF . . . #Gukesh | #Praggnanandhaa | #cynosure | #Chess | #republicsport | #RepublicTV | #RepublicTVLive
Gukesh and Praggnanandhaa set to square off World's best at @GrandChessTour Superbet Chess Classic 2024 Round 1 pairings @NodirbekGM 🇺🇿 - @RPraggnachess 🇮🇳 @DGukesh 🇮🇳 - @BogdanDeac08 🇷🇴 Read more https://t.co/NYUwKAoGnj