September 20, 2024

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Airthings Masters: Praggnanandhaa follows up win over Carlsen with 2 extra victories

Proceeding his excellent run, India’s teenager prodigy R Praggnanandhaa registered wins towards fellow Grandmasters Andrey Esipenko and Alexandra Kosteniuk in rounds 10 and 12 of the Airthings Masters, a web based fast chess match.

An afternoon after a shocking victory over global No.1 Magnus Carlsen, the 16-year previous scored two wins and drew towards Nodirbek Abdusattorov early on Tuesday.

He, alternatively, misplaced to Russian GM Ian Nepomniachtchi within the eleventh spherical.
Regardless of the dual victories and a draw, Praggnanandhaa is in twelfth position with 15 issues.

He beat the extremely rated Russian Esipenko in 42 strikes after having began the day with a draw towards Abdusattorov.

After taking place to Nepomniachtchi, he rallied to overcome former girls’s global champion Kosteniuk in a 63-move stumble upon.

Praggnanandhaa can be up towards Vincent Keymer of Germany, USA’s Hans Moke Niemann and Russian Vladislav Artemiev respectively in spherical 13, 14 and 15 in a while Tuesday evening.

Nepomniachtchi, who misplaced the sector championship fit a couple of months in the past to Carlsen, is on most sensible of the standings with 27 issues.

Carlsen bounced again from the loss to Praggnanandhaa with wins over Quang Liem Le and Jan Kryzstof Duda however suffered an sudden opposite towards Eric Hansen of Canada in 33 strikes. He’s in joint 2d position with 20 issues together with Artemiev and Keymer.

The highest 8 avid gamers after the initial rounds qualify for the knockout segment.

Within the Airthings Masters, a 16-player on-line fast match, a participant will get 3 issues for a win and one for a draw within the initial rounds. Seven extra rounds stay within the initial segment.