Tata Steel Masters: Gukesh joint-second, Erigaisi suffers defeat in fifth round

Tata Steel Masters: Gukesh joint-second, Erigaisi suffers defeat in fifth round

In the sixth round on Friday, Erigaisi faces Bluebaum, Gukesh will be up against Abdusattorov, Praggnanandhaa will take on Fedoseev and Aravindh will play against Sindarov.

Tata Steel Masters: Gukesh beats Nguyen; Arjun shocked by Fedoseev

Wijk Aan Zee (The Netherlands), Jan 22 (PTI) World champion D Gukesh ended his spate of draws by defeating Thai Dai Van Nguyen of Czech Republic but overnight joint leader Arjun Erigaisi was shocked by Vladimir Fedoseev of Slovenia in the fifth round of Tata Steel Masters chess tournament here. Gukesh's timely victory ahead of the first rest day on Thursday put him on three points out of a possible five and the Indian ace went up to joint fourth…