On the morning of his match in opposition to World No. 1 Magnus Carlsen, R Pragyanandanand’s sister Vaishali despatched him a message – “Don’t worry. Just beat Magnus.” On Monday, the 17-year-old Indian chess prodigy did the identical, on the FTX Crypto Cup. received their remaining match in opposition to the Norwegians in a tie-breaker to complete second in 2011. Carlsen had already received the match after profitable Game 3 of their conflict. This was as a result of if Pragyanand made a comeback within the remaining video games. Had it been, Carlsen would have gotten one level for a spot within the tiebreaker.
With second place, Pragyananand taking residence $37,000 in prize cash. But extra importantly, he has now scored three wins over Carlsen within the final six months alone. It was clear that the 31-year-old lacked the motivation to be all out after profitable the third spherical.
“I used to be feeling very dangerous in the present day; I did not get sufficient sleep; I simply wasn’t in fine condition. I’m very joyful and relieved to have received the match. Obviously I needed to do higher in the present day, dropping the final three video games is de facto embarrassing however general, the feelings are clearly constructive. I want I may hold my stage proper until the top. I did not, nevertheless it’s a fantastic consequence nonetheless,” Carlsen instructed Chess.com after the collection ended.
Both gamers lacked motivation after Carlsen received Game 3. There was not a lot left to play with, experiments started to happen. 16…b5 One of these strikes by Carlsen within the fourth recreation was a enjoyable try by Carlsen to place Prague below stress.
Pragyananand’s coach RB Ramesh. (file)
“I guess Magnus just wanted to have more fun, that’s all,” Pragyanandan stated. “This 16…b5 is unnecessary. I think he just wanted to have fun and try to beat me.”
Pragyananand later instructed ChessBase India’s YouTube channel that he was making an attempt to maintain issues mild after the match’s end result was determined within the third recreation. “This game I was just trying to exchange all the pieces. After I lost that third game, I didn’t really care whether I won or not. I was just trying to play and have fun. Even if I lost, I wouldn’t have been too sad about the result. It would have been fun to play the Armageddon round,” Pragyanand stated.
In the second blitz recreation between the 2, Carlsen was all set to take the win. But the Norwegian was unable to drive Armageddon from a profitable place after which made extra errors handy the victory over to his Indian counterpart. It was additionally a very good signal for the Indian common supervisor that with time working out, there was no feeling of stress.
Pragyananand’s coach RB Ramesh took to ChessBase India’s YouTube channel and lamented the missed alternative for his ward in his first recreation.
“In the primary recreation he was a chunk and he was a expensive miss. Overall, I assumed the sport had nice deserves. He saved many tough positions. Even within the fourth spherical, which he received The danger he took was not obligatory in any respect.
“Strictly speaking, it was tough in the rapid match but he won in the blitz. This was probably because Magnus was already under pressure after missing several chances. I think the way he made a 9c.5 mistake in the first round, he would have been very disappointed,” stated Ramesh.
On the morning of his match in opposition to World No. 1 Magnus Carlsen, R Pragyanandanand’s sister Vaishali despatched him a message – “Don’t worry. Just beat Magnus.” On Monday, the 17-year-old Indian chess prodigy did the identical, on the FTX Crypto Cup. received their remaining match in opposition to the Norwegians in a tie-breaker to complete second in 2008. Carlsen had already received the match after profitable Game 3 of their conflict. This was as a result of if Pragyanand made a comeback within the remaining video games. Had it been, Carlsen would have gotten one level for a spot within the tiebreaker.
Congratulations to @MagnusCarlsen To win the FTX Crypto Cup for the second 12 months in a row! I
completed forward of world champion @rpragchess And @AlirezaFirouzjaDespite dropping to East within the remaining spherical.
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— International Chess Federation (@FIDE_chess) 22 August 2022
With second place, Pragyananand taking residence $37,000 in prize cash. But extra importantly, he has now scored three wins over Carlsen within the final six months alone. It was clear that the 31-year-old lacked the motivation to be all out after profitable the third spherical.
“I used to be feeling very dangerous in the present day; I did not get sufficient sleep; I simply wasn’t in fine condition. I’m very joyful and relieved to have received the match. Obviously I needed to do higher in the present day, dropping the final three video games is de facto embarrassing however general, the feelings are clearly constructive. I want I may hold my stage proper until the top. I did not, nevertheless it’s a fantastic consequence nonetheless,” Carlsen instructed Chess.com after the collection ended.
Both gamers lacked motivation after Carlsen received Game 3. There was not a lot left to play, experiments flourished. 16…b5 The transfer by Carlsen within the fourth recreation was a type of strikes in what was a enjoyable try by Carlsen to place Prague below stress.
“I guess Magnus just wanted to have more fun, that’s all,” Pragyanandan stated. “This 16…b5 is unnecessary. I think he just wanted to have fun and try to beat me.”
Pragyananand later instructed ChessBase India’s YouTube channel that he was making an attempt to maintain issues mild after the match’s end result was determined within the third recreation. “This game I was just trying to exchange all the pieces. After I lost that third game, I didn’t really care whether I won or not. I was just trying to play and have fun. Even if I lost, I wouldn’t have been too sad about the result. It would have been fun to play the Armageddon round,” Pragyanand stated.
In the second blitz recreation between the 2, Carlsen was all set to take the win. But the Norwegian was unable to drive Armageddon from a profitable place after which made extra errors handy the victory over to his Indian counterpart. It was additionally a very good signal for the Indian common supervisor that with time working out, there was no feeling of stress.
Pragyananand’s coach RB Ramesh took to ChessBase India’s YouTube channel and lamented the missed alternative for his ward in his first recreation.
“In the primary recreation he was a chunk and he was a expensive miss. Overall, I assumed the sport had nice deserves. He saved many tough positions. Even within the fourth spherical, which he received The danger he took was not obligatory in any respect.
“Strictly speaking, it was tough in the rapid match but he won in the blitz. This was probably because Magnus was already under pressure after missing several chances. I think the way he made a 9c.5 mistake in the first round, he would have been very disappointed,” stated Ramesh.
With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
