After six draws in a row, Praggnanandhaa was relieved after the victory, a result of Gupta's blunder under time pressure.
Ganguly holds Zvjaginsev to a draw\nKrishnan Sasikiran opened his account with a draw against GM Oleg Romanishin of Ukraine in the third round of the Aeroflot International open chess tournament.
With two rounds left the Indian GM is level with GM Luke McShane of England in the North Sea Cup.
The Indian ace maintained sole lead in the Marx Gyorgy Memorial International chess tournament with an easy draw against Hungarian GM Ferenc Berkes.
He registered a smashing victory over defending champion Almasi of Hungary in the third round.
World Champion Viswanathan Anand played out a draw with Levon Aronian of Armenia and slipped to fifth spot in the ninth round of Magistral Ciudad De Linares Chess tournament in Linares, Spain.
Indian chess great Viswanathan Anand sees signs of greatness in Nihal Sarin but says it's a long journey ahead for the impressive 14-year-old since there has been a trend of players struggling to replicate success as they age.
The victory enabled the Indian ace stay in joint lead after the blindfold game in the 10th and penultimate round of Amber Blindfold and Rapid tournament.
He settled for a quick draw with Pavel Kotsur in the final round of the chess tournament.
The Indian Grandmaster was relegated to third after a three-way for first place.
Five-time World champion Viswanthan Anand believes chess has adapted quite well to the coronavirus-forced shutdowns across the globe by simply going online just as he has been doing to stay in touch with family while being stuck in Germany for a couple of months now. Anand had gone to Germany in February to compete for SC Baden OOO in the Bundesliga Chess. However, travel restrictions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic have ensured that he has been unable to return home.
Grandmaster and former world junior champion Abhijeet Gupta won the Commonwealth Chess Championship after settling for a draw with Indian national title holder G Akash in the 11th and final round that concluded here at the Boardwalk.
The top seed drew his ninth and penultimate round game against Hou Yifan.
P Harikrishna started his campaign with a draw against Jan Timman of Holland in the first round of the Ciudad de Pamplona International chess tournament.
The draw kept the Indian Grandmaster in joint-fifth position after the third round in the Aerosvit International Chess tournament.
Grandmaster Krishnan Sasikiran started his campaign with a thumping victory over GM Alexander Onischuk of United States in the first round of the Aerosvit International chess tournament in Yalta, Ukraine.
The World junior champ drew with top seed Sokolov in the fifth and penultimate round of the Essent International Chess tournament.
Harikrishna outwitted top seed Grandmaster Ivan Sokolov of the Netherlands in the third round of the Crown Group of Essent International chess tournament.
The Indian GM needs at least two points from his matches against China's Ni Hua and Bu Xiangzhi, and Sergey Karjakin in the Sanjin Hotel Cup chess tournament.
Levon Aronian, Veselin Topalov and Teimour Radjabov jointly won the Category-19 Corus Chess tournament.
Nihal Sarin closes in on final Grandmaster norm
Sasikiran, Hikaru Nakamura and Jan Timman jointly occupy the second spot with 1.5 points each
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Wednesday
Six players -- Dubov, Nakamura, Aronian, Carlsen, Radjabov and So -- share the lead with 4.5 points after eight rounds.
The victory improved the Indian's chances of a decent finish in the Aeroflot International Open chess tournament.
Former national champion Dibyendu Barua suffered his second defeat in the Parsvnath International Open chess tournament.
Overnight joint leader Grandmaster Abhijit Kunte settled for a quick draw as lower ranked players took the honours.
The teenage scored 6.5 points in the Andorra International Open Chess tournament, which was enough to earn him the Grandmaster's norm.
Grandmaster P Harikrishna took unwarranted risks but finally drew with Romanian GM Mihail Marin in the sixth round of the 50th Reggio Emilia International Chess tournament in Italy. With three draws, two wins and a loss against Zoltan Almasi of Hungary, Harikrishna took his tally to 3.5 points out of a possible six and remained in joint second spot.
Viswanathan Anand ended his stint with a draw against World Champion Magnus Carlsen of Norway and finished at ninth position in the Sinquefield Cup in St Louis.
Viswanathan Anand played out a tense draw against Etienne Bacrot in the sixth round of the Mtel Masters Chess tournament.
Viswanathan Anand was held to a draw by GM Peter Heine Nielsen in the blindfold game of the 9th round at Amber
Krishnan Sasikiran drew the final round game against GM Vitaly Tseshkovsky to tie for sixth place.
The defending champion shares the lead with top seed Pavel Kotsur, Saidali Iuldachev and Nassir Wajih after the fourth round in the Parsvanath International Chess tournament.
P Harikrishna drew with Bulgarian GM Ivan Cheparinov to remain in joint lead after third round
Despite the defeat, the Indian Grandmaster maintains sole lead in the Mtel chess tournament.
He delivered a vital blow to English GM Michael Adams in the sixth round of the Mtel Masters Chess tournament.
The Commonwealth champion's winning streak was halted by International Master Tahir Vakhidov of Uzbekistan in the Tata Open Chess tournament.\n\n
The Tisco GM beat compatriot Pendyala Harikrishna in the sixth round of the Tata International Chess tournament.
The second seeded GM beat Lenier Dominiguez of Cuba in his fifth round match in the 18th North Sea Cup.
