Candidates Tournament: Nepomnyashchy defeats Vidit and takes a one-point lead

09:52   18 April, 2024

At the Candidates Chess Tournament taking place in Toronto (Canada), the games of the 11th round were played.

Russia's Ian Nepomnyashchy defeated Vidit Gujrati (India) and with 7 points took sole possession of the top spot in the standings.

Candidates Tournament, 11th round

Vidit Gujrathi (India) - Jan Nepomnyashchy (Russia) - 0:1

Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa (India) - Hikaru Nakamura (USA) - 0:1

Alireza Firouzja (France) - Nijat Abasov (Azerbaijan) - 1:0

Gukesh Dommaraju (India) - Fabiano Caruana (USA) - 0,5:0,5



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