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Chess World Cup 2023 Final Live: The final of the Chess World Cup 2023 will be played on Tuesday between Indian Grandmaster R Pragnanandan and Norway’s Magnus Carlsen. The two will face each other in Baku, Azerbaijan. The title match of the Chess World Cup will begin at 4:30 PM IST. 18-year-old Pragyananda has a chance to make history today. It will win India the FIDE World Cup after 21 years. India last won the Chess World Cup in 2002. Then Viswanathan Anand achieved this feat.
Pragyanandha scored a thrilling victory in the semifinals on Monday. He beat American Fabiano Caruana 3.5-2.5 in a tiebreak. Caruana is the number three player in the world. Pragyanand got the better of the American grandmaster after the two-match classical series ended 1-1. Please tell that Pragyanand is the second Indian to enter the final of the World Cup. Pragyanandha has also qualified for the candidates tournament. He is the third youngest player to qualify for the tournament.
Pragyanandha has played a total of 1789 matches in his career so far, out of which he has won 894 matches. Pragyananda had 504 draws and 391 losses. At the same time, the veteran Karlsson has played a total of 1820 matches. He won 785 games and drew 836 boards. Carlson was undefeated in 199 matches.
India’s greatest chess player Viswanathan Anand expressed his happiness on Pragyananda reaching the final. Anand wrote on social media platform X (Twitter), “Prag (Pragyanand) has reached the finals! He defeated Fabiano Caruana in a tiebreak and will now face Magnus Carlsen. What a great performance!’
Hello! Welcome to the live blog of the Chess World Cup 2023 Finals. Indian Grandmaster R Pragnanandan and Norway’s Magnus Carlsen will meet in the final.