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INSANE: Chess arjun defeats predke gukesh holds parham | Rare Historical Photos

Arjun Erigaisi beat Serbia’s Alexandr Predke in the third round of the Chennai Grand Masters Chess Championship at The Leela Palace hotel on Sunday.

Iran’s Parham Maghsoodloo could only manage to draw with white versus D. Gukesh.

Having lost to Pavel Eljanov (Ukraine) and drawn with Levon Aronian (USA) in the first two rounds, Maghsoodloo needed to win all the remaining five rounds to secure the overall 5.5 points he needs to qualify for the 2024 Candidates tournament.

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