Gukesh Still Winless After Drawing with Nakamura; Keymer Shocks Carlsen

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Posted by NewAdmin on 2025-02-12 08:39:20 |

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Gukesh Dommaraju’s winless streak inthe Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour event in Weissenhaus, Germany, continued onTuesday as he was held to a draw by world No. 2 Hikaru Nakamura. The twoplayers agreed to a draw after 59 moves, marking the longest game on Day 5 ofthe event at the Weissenhaus Private Nature Luxury Resort, where Gukesh playedwith the black pieces.

This was the second time the18-year-old Indian Grandmaster held Nakamura to a draw in the tournament. Thepair had previously drawn after 38 moves during the Round Robin stage, whichfeatured rapid format matches. Tuesday's encounter was the first of the 5th-8thplace playoffs, with the two set to face off again on Wednesday, this time withreversed colors.

Meanwhile, in the semi-finals,Germany's Keymer pulled off a stunning win over world No. 1 Magnus Carlsen, whohad previously defeated Nodirbek 2-0 in the quarter-finals. Carlsen's decisionto advance his pawn to c6 on move 37 shifted the evaluation bar in Keymer'sfavor. The German’s subsequent move, Qa3, further solidified his advantage, andCarlsen resigned just two moves later.

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