Overview
- Dutch GM Jorden van Foreest reached 4/5 by defeating Hans Moke Niemann, consolidating the sole lead in the Masters.
- Nodirbek Abdusattorov beat D Gukesh after the Indian’s move-67 blunder in what he called a messy, complicated game, leaving Gukesh on 1.5/5.
- The table shows van Foreest on 4 points with Abdusattorov and David Navara at 3.5, followed by David Anton Guijarro on 3.
- Van Foreest’s surge has lifted him to world No. 11 on the live rating list, having already moved ahead of Gukesh after Round 4.
- Gukesh’s Prague run stands at two losses and three draws, continuing a pattern of time-pressure errors that have cost him points this year.