Bucharest, May 10 -- India's R Praggnanandhaa scored a crucial victory over Uzbekistan's Nodirbek Abdusattorov to move into joint lead at the Grand Chess Tour's Superbet Chess Classic 2025.
The 19-year-old Grandmaster capitalised on an inaccurate decision by Abdusattorov - a former World Rapid champion - who gave up his dark-square bishop too early. The resulting long-term positional weakness was expertly exploited by Praggnanandhaa, who converted the advantage with clinical precision to register his second win in three rounds.
In other games, teenage Indian prodigy D Gukesh was held to a draw by Romania's Bogdan-Daniel Deac. Both players missed slim tactical opportunities, settling for a shared point after a tense middlegame.
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