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Parham Maghsoodloo became the first sole leader at the Masters section of the Prague Chess Festival after beating Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu with the white pieces. Maghsoodloo thus ended Pragg’s undefeated streak of 47 games. In the one other decisive game of the round, Dommaraju Gukesh got the better of Thai Dai Van Nguyen. Meanwhile, Ediz Gurel scored a win to join Anton Korobov in the lead of the Challengers section. | Photo: Petr Vrabec
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The round-6 clash of co-leaders between Superchess and Offerspill ended in a draw, with wins for Bogdan-Daniel Deac (Superchess) and Pranav V (Offerspill). This allowed six teams to close the gap with the co-leaders to 1 match point going into Saturday’s final round. Meanwhile, in the women’s tournament, Superchess and Garuda Ajka obtained crucial victories to climb to shared first place, and are set to face each other in round 7. The final round stars one hour earlier than usual. | Photo: Niki Riga
Magnus Carlsen’s Offerspill and Vishy Anand’s Superchess are sharing the lead in the open section of the European Club Cup. Both teams have a perfect 10/10 score after beating Novy Bor and Asnieres in closely contested matches. Meanwhile, SP Gaz Ukraine grabbed the lead in the women’s tournament after beating former sole leaders TAJFUN SK Ljubljana. | Photo: Niki Riga