Praggnanandhaa defeated Pentala Harikrishna join World Champions Gukesh D at top of the points table in the ongoing Tata Steel Chess standings.
World Champion Gukesh Dommaraju, Vincent Keymer, Fabiano Caruana, Nodirbek Abdusattorov, and Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu are joint leaders of the Tata Steel Chess standings after the second round in Wijk aan Zee.
Gukesh is still unbeaten after becoming the youngest world champion in history last month in Singapore. After defeating Anish Giri in the opening round, the 18-year-old held Vladimir Fedoseev to a draw on Sunday in round 2 to stay unbeaten into his reign as the 18th world champion of the sport.
Gukesh was not at his best in the whole game. But he did defend resolutely to grind out a draw with black pieces against Vladimir Fedoseev, who had defeated Magnus Carlsen in the Chess Olympiad.
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