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The final of the Chess World Cup 2023 is being played between Indian Grandmaster R Pragnanandhen and Norway’s veteran chess player Magnus Carlsen. Both will face each other in the second match on Wednesday. The first game of the final was drawn after 35 moves on Tuesday. Playing with white, 18-year-old Pragyanandha had little time to spare but convinced five-time world champion Carlson to settle for a draw. Today, Pragyanand will play with the black pieces and in case of a second game draw the winner will be decided by a quick tiebreaker. This title match is being played in Baku, Azerbaijan.
“I don’t think I was in trouble,” Pragyanandha said after the game. “I thought it was a ‘RB eight’ move,” he said in a video posted on FIDE’s X (formerly Twitter) handle. did something But I was in good shape and wanted to avoid any risk. “It will be a competitive match,” Karlsson said when asked about Wednesday’s second game. He will definitely work hard. I will try to rest and freshen up.
Pragyananda has a chance to make history. 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 had a thrilling win over world number three Fabiano Caruana in the semi-finals. He defeated America’s 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. Pragyanandha is the second Indian to enter a World Cup final.
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, five-time world champion Karlsson has played a total of 1820 matches. He won 785 games and drew 836 boards. Carlson was undefeated in 199 matches.