Ahead of Sunday's final round, R Praggnanandhaa joins world champion D Gukesh atop the Tata Steel Masters standings

Indian Grandmaster R Praggnanandhaa beat Alexey Sarana of Serbia to register his third straight victory and take his tally to a commendable 8.5 points after the end of the 12th and penultimate round of Tata Steel Masters here on Saturday.

Tata Steel Chess Masters 2025 is on the verge of a historic finale, and it will India's two young chess grandmasters, Gukesh D and R Praggnanandhaa to battle it out for the title. There are five possible outcomes to the game.

Continuing his fine form in the Tata Steel Masters, Grandmaster R Praggnanandhaa played out a solid draw with world champion D Gukesh in the eighth round in Wijk Aan Zee

Caruana's 32nd move was a huge blunder giving Praggnanandhaa another victory five moves late at the Tata Masters 2025

Gukesh Dommaraju has taken the lead in the Tata Steel Chess Masters standings after defeating compatriot Leon Luke Mendonca. In other matches, Nodirbe

India's Gukesh and R Praggnanandhaa continue to lead the Tata Steel Chess tournament along with Nodirbek Abdusattorov.

Gukesh now sits half a point ahead of Uzbekistan’s Nodirbek Abdusattorov, while R Praggnanandhaa holds third place with 6.5 points

In a massive setback to his Tata Steel Masters ambitions, D Gukesh drew to GM Jorden van Foreest after a complicated heavy-piece endgame. Meanwhile, R Praggnanandhaa defeated Alexey Sarana to climb up the standings and is now joint-lead with his countryman Gukesh.