Indian Grandmasters R Pragnananda and Arjun Arigasi suffered defeat within the opening spherical of the Meltwater Champions Tour Finals within the early hours of Tuesday.
Pragyanandha, 17, misplaced 1.5-2.5 to Azerbaijan’s Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, whereas Arigasi misplaced 0.5-2.5 to Poland’s Jan-Krzysztof Duda.
World No. 1 Magnus Carlsen started his marketing campaign with a 2.5-1.5 win over American Wesley So and Dutch GM Anish Giri beat Vietnam’s Liem Quang Le 3.5-2.5 through tie-break after 4 straight attracts. Defeated. The Praggnanandhaa-Mamedyrov tie noticed the Azerbaijani participant take the lead, profitable the opening recreation in 46 strikes. A draw adopted within the subsequent, earlier than the Indian leveled the match with a 37-move victory.
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Mamedyarov, nonetheless, turned the tables on the teenage GM, who’s in tremendous type in 2022, profitable the fourth recreation to seal the tie 2.5-1.5. Meanwhile, Duda dominated in opposition to Arigiassi, profitable the primary and third video games with a draw within the second to safe a 2.5–0.5 victory. Carlsen performs Errigassi on the second day (Wednesday), faces Liam, Mamedyarov is up in opposition to Duda and Praggnanandha takes on Giri.
Eight gamers will play a round-robin match. The winner would be the participant who earns probably the most factors and money in whole. Eight gamers certified for the finals after a number of occasions on the Meltwater Champions Tour. The whole prize cash for the Tour Finals is US$210,000. Each win within the round-robin earns the participant US$7,500.
With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
