Report symbol of Praggnanandhaa© FIDE
Grandmaster R Praggnanandhaa wrote a yellowish bankruptcy in Indian chess historical past through turning into best the second one participant from the rustic upcoming Viswanathan Anand — and the youngest — to play games within the FIDE Global Cup ultimate. The 18-year-old Indian misplaced the zenith accident to Norway’s international Disagree.1 Magnus Carlsen right here on Thursday.
PTI takes a take a look at his go within the elite tournament: R Praggnanandhaa’s highway to Global Cup ultimate:
*Were given a bye in first spherical.
*Defeated French Grandmaster Maxime Lagarde 1.5-0.5 in 2nd spherical.
*Beat skilled Czech GM David Navara 1.5-0.5 in 3rd spherical.
*Beat international Disagree. 2 Hikaru Nakamura of USA 3-1 in fourth spherical.
*Beat Hungarian Ferenc Berkes 1.5-0.5 in 5th spherical.
*Registered a come-from-behind 5-4 win over compatriot Arjun Erigaisi within the 6th spherical.
*Beat Italian-American Grandmaster, Fabiano Caruana, ranked 3rd on the earth, 3.5-2.5 within the semifinal to turn into the youngest to achieve the zenith accident of the Global Cup.
*Sport 1 of Ultimate on Tuesday resulted in a draw upcoming 35 strikes.
*Sport 2 between Praggnanandhaa and Carlsen additionally resulted in a snappy attract simply 30 strikes.
*Praggnanandhaa and Carlsen returned on Thursday to play games within the shorter month keep an eye on video games, with the Indian shedding within the tie-break.
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