In a extremely anticipated showdown, India’s Praggnanandhaa and reigning World No 1 Magnus Carlsen engaged within the opening recreation of the FIDE World Cup ultimate on Tuesday.
The match concluded in a draw after a complete of 35 strikes. Pragg, wielding the white items, initially held a time benefit on the graduation of the battle. However, regardless of his benefit, he was unable to press the assault and finally discovered himself in a time crunch by the conclusion of the sport.
Both contenders are slated to return for Game 2 of the ultimate on Wednesday. Praggnanandhaa, who had shocked World No 3 Fabiano Caruana on Monday by means of a tie-break within the semifinals, secured his spot within the summit conflict towards Carlsen on the FIDE World Cup. By reaching the ultimate, Praggnanandhaa cemented his place because the third youngest participant, following the footsteps of the legendary Bobby Fischer and Carlsen, to qualify for the distinguished Candidates match.
Following the sport, Carlsen revealed that he encountered a few difficult days in Baku as a consequence of a bout of meals poisoning after his semi-final victory over Nijat Abasov. In the opposite match of the day figuring out the third-place finisher, Azerbaijan’s Nijat Abasov managed to beat Caruana, gaining a 1-0 lead of their head-to-head contest.
