Indian Grandmaster R Praggnanandhaa defeated compatriot Arjun Erigaisi 5-4 by means of the surprising dying tie-break to go into the semifinals of the FIDE International Cup chess match right here on Thursday.
With the win, the 17-year outdated Praggnanandhaa booked a spot within the semifinals towards American ace Fabiano Caruana and nearly secured a place in subsequent 12 months’s Applicants match.
The teenaged chess celebrity from Chennai, via just about securing a spot within the Applicants match, will be the best different Indian instead of five-time international champion Viswanathan Anand to characteristic within the Applicants.
With international No.1 Magnus Carlsen not really to characteristic within the Applicants, Praggnanandhaa might be taking part in within the match to make a decision the challenger to present international champion Ding Liren.
Praggnanandhaa had bounced again after shedding the primary recreation of the two-game classical sequence to win the second one on Wednesday to power the tie-break.
Within the first 5+3 blitz recreation, Praggnanandhaa performed implausible to take down Erigaisi.
Erigaisi hit again within the subsequent to stage the fit.
Video games 3 and 4 had been gained via Praggnanandhaa and Erigaisi respectively because the quarterfinal headed to a surprising dying decider. Apparently, all video games had been gained via avid gamers with black items.
Each the Indians confirmed nerves of metal, scoring wins in the most important video games because the ultimate 8 conflict ebbed and flowed because of enterprising play via the duo.
Famous trainer R B Ramesh stated on X (previously Twitter) after the fit: “What an epic fit! Neatly performed each younger lions! Happy with each avid gamers for his or her combating spirit during! @rpragchess @ArjunErigaisi.” Two different Indians — 17-year outdated D Gukesh and Vidit Santosh Gujrathi — had crashed out within the quarterfinals, shedding to international No.1 Carlsen and Nijat Abasov respectively.
The highest 3 finishers within the match qualify for the Applicants match in 2024 to resolve the challenger to Ding Liren.
