Teenage Indian Grandmaster Arjun Arigasi misplaced 0-2 within the second match in opposition to world No. 1 Magnus Carlsen within the remaining of the Julius Baer Generation Cup on-line fast chess match.
After successful the primary match, the Norwegian had the benefit and closed out the ultimate early Monday by successful the primary two video games of the second match.
After successful the primary match, which included 4 video games, 2.5–0.5, Carlsen wanted solely to attract a second to take the highest prize.
He gained two video games of the second match and dismissed Arrigasi.
The remaining was of two matches consisting of 4 video games every. If the gamers had gained one match every, a blitz tie-break would have been required to determine the winner.
Winning the second match for an opportunity to push the ultimate right into a tie-break, the 19-year-old Indian participant discovered himself in red-hot kind in opposition to the world No.
Arigasi resigned at step 48 and bumped into additional bother.
The second sport led to 52 strikes as Carlsen dashed the hopes of the Indian GM.
Carlsen had been unbeaten within the early levels and misplaced only one sport, resigning after simply two strikes in opposition to Hans Niemann and dropping a sport later to Lev Aronian within the quarter-finals.
Carlsen’s efficiency makes him the primary participant to realize the historic 2900 Tour ranking factors.
Arrigasi has certified for the eight-player Tour Finals in San Francisco later this 12 months with a stellar efficiency within the Julius Baer Cup, a part of the Meltwater Chess Tour.
With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
