Teenage Indian Grandmaster R Pragyanandana misplaced to Poland’s Jan-Krzysztof Duda through a tie-break within the sixth spherical of the FTX Crypto Cup, the American finale of the Champions Chess Tour, right here on Sunday.
It was the second loss for the 17-year-old GM after shedding to Kwang Lim Le within the earlier spherical. However, he completed second with 13 match factors behind world No. 1 Magnus Carlsen (15 match factors).
Duda shed first blood when he gained the primary sport.
After two attracts, Pragyananand gained the fourth sport to degree the match. The Polish participant then confirmed his class to win each tie-break video games for a 4–2 victory.
Pragyanand will tackle Carlsen on Sunday evening within the ultimate and ultimate spherical of the match.
Carlsen needed to do his finest to tame the highly-rated Alireza Turquoise 3.5-2.5 by way of the tie-breaker. The Norwegian misplaced the primary sport however got here again to win the following sport to degree the match. Games three and 4 had been drawn earlier than the world champions gained the blitz tie-break sequence.
In different matches within the spherical, Liam Ley gained a shock 2.5–1.5 over Anish Giri of the Netherlands, and Levon Aronian defeated Hans Niemann 2.5–1.5.
The eight-player all-player-all match is the American finale of the Champions Chess Tour. USD 7,500 is at stake for every match win within the occasion.
Each match will likely be performed in 4 speedy video games, with a blitz tie-break within the occasion of a 2–2 draw.
With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
