When D Gukesh came in, things became difficult for the famous royals as the famous Indian Prime Minister had only taken the lead in the candidate chess tournament and was just one step away from making history. and scripts in Toronto become the least blasphemer.
In 13 amazing and epic games, Gukesh beat the French No. 1 Alireza Firouzja to take the lead with just 8.5 when American GM Hikaru Nakamura plays two games with his rival Ian Nepomniachtchi on Saturday.
Another exciting match, first seed Fabiano Caruana defeated R Praggnanandhaa to join Nepo. Aand Nakamura in second place with eight points. In 74 years of history since the first Candidates tournament in Budapest in 1950. Gukesh became, at 17, the youngest leader of the highly anticipated event in 1959. Bobby Fischer, at 16, finished tied for fifth and finished fourth in 19 years old. 1962 candidates. If Gukesh wins the Candidates. He will become the youngest challenger to face China’s world champion Ding Liren later this year. Gukesh will also get a chance to fulfill his dream of becoming the world’s youngest champion. Garry Kasparov and Magnus Carlsen were 22 years old when they won the title. In 2017, when Gukesh became the U-11 national champion, he said his dream was to become the youngest world champion.
With Gukesh giving the perfect score in the penultimate round and Nakamura-Nepo sharing the honor. Breaking the top three for the first time in six years. A new leader emerged among the contenders of the three candidates since 2020, Russian Nepo is the only leader, having won the event twice.
Since Caruana joined the Americans Nakamura and Nepo in second place, behind the Indian actor in half a minute. The battle for the only challenger between the leader and the three kings will -be difficult when they have to face each other in the final.
