Record photograph of R Praggnanandhaa.© Twitter
Younger GM R Praggnanandhaa on Friday received each speedy video games to do away with second-seeded Hikaru Nakamura to go into the terminating 16 of the FIDE International Cup chess match in Baku. Nearest the 2 classical video games resulted in attracts, the 18-year used Indian, who celebrated his birthday on Thursday, surprised the American GM within the tie-break video games these days. 5-time global champion and Indian chess legend Viswanathan Anand hailed the younger GM and mentioned, “Praggnanandhaa does it! Eliminating one of the pre tournament favourites Hikaru Nakamura to go through to the next round. A truly impressive performance by Prag!” Praggu, as he’s recognized amongst lovers, used to be joined within the terminating 16 via fellow youngster D Gukesh, who ousted Andrey Esipenko.
Praggnanandhaa will meet Hungarian GM Ferenc Berkes within the spherical of 16.
Alternatively, any other Indian – Nihal Sarin- bowed out of the contest, shedding each the tie-break video games to Ian Nepomniachtchi within the fourth spherical.
Indian avid gamers Vidit Gujrathi and Arjun Erigaisi had already fasten terminating 16 berths.
Within the ladies’s division, D Harika complicated on the expense of Eline Roebers, profitable the speedy tie-break.
Alternatively, the rustic’s Deny.1 ladies’s participant Koneru Humpy used to be ousted via Bella Khotenashvili (Georgia) as she misplaced each the tie-break video games upcoming the two-match classical layout had ended 1-1 with every participant securing a win.
Harika is the one Indian participant too much within the ladies’s tournament.
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