Chess World Cup: R Praggnanandhaa becomes runner-up
The Chess World Cup finished yesterday, and this battle is between World No.1 Magnus Carlsen and 18-year-old Indian Prodigy R Praggnanandhaa. R Praggnanandhaa can not live up to belief so far due to drowsiness But with the tie-breakers, Magnus Carlsen finally won the FIDE World Cup for the first time in his whole career. In the final, he defeated Indian Praggnanandhaa. Their success was verified after the second round of tiebreakers.
After the final loss of India, the FIDE World Cup has turned into an event for Praggnanandhaa from Chennai. He also boarded up a zone at the prestigious Candidates Tournament, which is organized to discover a competitor for world champion Ding Liren at the next World Cup championship contest.
R Praggnanandhaa was just 18 when he played in the World Cup and made history. He was the most youthful Chess World Cup finalist and also the most youthful World Cup winner. Pragg is also the lower root to complete the final of the World Cup. R Praggnanandhaa is the third youngest player who qualifyCandidates tournament after Bobby Fischer and Carlsen.
On the 1 day of the final, Praggnanandhaa was played with white and Carlsen played with black. After the match, Carlsen confirmed that he was not physically fit, divulging about the food poisoning, he was in the lead-up to the final.
Chess World Cup Final- Game two
Carlsen showed his passion for playing with the right move from his opening in the second classical time game. Which definitely surprised Viswanathan Anand. Carlsen played with white and was happy to enter the final into the tie-breakers and provide an extra day to recover and be totally fit for the final face of the tournament. On the other hand, Praggnanandhaa played a solid game against Carlsen with white pieces. Can,t provide a small opportunity for Carlsen to win.
Tie-Breaker Formats Explained
The two players who played their first Chess World Cup title in their celibate final apparently, will start with two expeditious games with a time control of ‘25+10’. 25 minutes for every player to finish the game with the 10-second increase per move, beginning from the first move.
If the final is complete after the first set of quick games, there are two more quick games and time control of ‘ 10+10’ for playing. In the case of fetter results, the third set of quick games with the time control of ‘3+5’ after the second set of quick games.
If Carlsen and Pragnanandhaa are confined after the 3 sets of the quick games. Then the strike games take place with time control ‘3+2 prior to finding the winner.
Carlsen and Praggnanandhaa In Rapid
At the last face of strike games, Carlsen and Praggnanandhaa, who have never met in quick strike games in an over-the-board tournament. Carlsen has a good record in quick games, winning 7 matches, 5 draws and only 3 defeats to Praggnanandha and Pragnanandhaa has played 28 matches. Before the final match, Carlsen announced that he was not well and taking one more day to fulfill the energy for the fight. After 21 moves, the final move is slipping away from Pragnanandhaa and Carlsen on the top and winning the match.
Also Read: Chandrayaan-3 Moon Landing Successful- Pragyan Rover takes a ‘ Walk on the Moon