Indian trio draws on a dull day in Prague Masters

Prague
The Indian trio of R Praggnanandhaa, D Gukesh and Vidit Gujrathi played out draws on a dull fourth round day in the Prague Masters chess tournament here. It was time for some recovery for Praggu after two back-to-back losses and the Indian just played a solid game to sign peace with local hopeful Nguyen Thai Dai Van. Gukesh split the point with Nodirbek Abdusattarov of Uzbekistan while Gujrathi drew with Mateusz Bartel of Poland.

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