After Game 1 and Game 2 of the final match ended in a draw, the final of the Chess World Cup between Indian chess grandmaster Rameshbabu Pragyanand and world number one Magnus Carlsen will be decided by a tie-breaker on Friday. . In the first game on Tuesday, 18-year-old Pragyananda gave a strong challenge to 32-year-old Carlson playing the white piece and the two players shook hands after 35 moves. On the other hand, game 2 saw a similar conclusion as both players agreed to a draw after just 30 moves.
Both Pragyanandha and Carlson are facing each other for the first time in the Chess World Cup. Pragyanandha is the youngest ever finalist at 18, while 32-year-old Carlson is also chasing his first title at this level.
If Pragyanandha wins the final, he will get around Rs. 90,93,551 ($110k), while the runner-up will get around Rs. 66,13,444 ($80) will be received. The total prize pool of the tournament is approximately Rs. 1,51,392,240 is
Carlson drew the first game of classical chess with the Indian genius Pragyananda after 35 moves. The second game also ended in a tie, so today, Thursday, two games of rapid chess will be played to decide the winner of this year’s Chess World Cup Final.
R. To make Pragyanand a chess champion, his parents kept him away from TV and today at the age of 18, Pragyanand is now on his way to become the new king of the game with 64 mines.
In this game of chess, 18-year-old Pragyananda is considered as the successor of five-time world champion Viswanathan Anand and he proved it right with a brilliant performance in the ongoing FIDE World Cup in Baku.
After Anand, Pragyanandha is the second Indian player to qualify for the Candidates Tournament. After the two matches were tied, Pragyanand’s fate will be decided by a try-breaker game on Friday.
Pragyanand started playing chess at the age of four and a half and has achieved many achievements in his career so far. Last year he defeated world number one and former classical champion Magnus Carlsen in an online tournament. Pragyanandha has so far shown that he is capable of handling the pressure and beating the top players in the game.
Hailing from Chennai, the home of Indian chess, Pragyanand started making a name for himself in the game from an early age. He won the National Under-7 title and has not looked back. He became an International Master at the age of 10 and a Grand Master two years later. In 2019, at the age of 14 years and three months, Pragyananda increased his Elo rating to 2600.
In the era of Kovid-19, he showed his skills in online tournaments. He defeated top players such as Sergey Karjakin, Timur Radjabov and Jan Krzysztof Duda to put Carlson in a draw on the Meltwater Champions Tour in 2021.
Pragyanandha defeated Carlson in the year 2022 Earthing Masters Rapid Tournament. Thus, he became the third Indian player to beat Carlson after Anand and Harikrishna. After this, he continued to make his mark in various tournaments. Like Anand, Pragyananda also had the support of his family, especially his mother, from the beginning. His mother Nagalakshmi accompanies him during every tournament, giving the young player an emotional benefit.
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First published: August 24, 2023, 16:18 IST