St. Louis (USA): Grandmaster R Praggnanandhaa defeated Vincent Keymer of Germany to take a 9-3 lead and came close to qualifying for the finals of the concluding event of grand chess tour.
It was at best can be described as a game of fluctuating fortunes wherein Pragg suffered early as white wherein Keymer had the control and a legitimate shot at attacking the white king out of a Bishop's opening by the Indian.