Young Indian Grandmaster Arjun Arigasi defeated Liam Kwang Le (Vietnam) to face world primary Magnus Carlsen within the Julius Baer Generation Cup on-line fast chess match.
While the 19-year-old Arigasi struggled arduous to tame the problem from his Vietnamese rival, Carlsen gained 3-1. In the Arrigasi- Lime Le match, the primary sport resulted in a draw, earlier than the Indian gained the second sport. After a draw within the third, the Vietnamese leveled with a win of 32 strikes.
However, within the tie-breaker, it was Eriegasse all the best way as they gained two straight video games to e-book a spot within the closing, to be performed Carlsen was instructed by Keimer to work more durable to enter the ultimate. The German teenager struggled to remain within the match as each video games 1 and a couple of resulted in attracts, earlier than world No. 1 broke all the way down to win the subsequent two.
The two-day closing of the $150,000 competitors begins late Saturday, with the opening match being one of the best of 4 matches. The second match will happen on Sunday when the winner will probably be topped.
Earlier Carlsen had topped the preliminary rankings with 34 factors, adopted by Arigasi and Indian R Pragyanandana on the fourth spot.
The occasion options 16 gamers from three generations and is being held on a round-robin-cum-knockout format.
With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
