Praggnanandhaa defeated the the Norwegian chess star in the blitz playoff in the seventh round after being tied 2-2 in the regulation game to finish runner-up with 15 points in the standings.
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August 22, 2022 10:19:33 IST
File image of Indian Grandmaster R Praggnanandhaa. Image credit: Lennart Ootes
Indian Grandmaster R Praggnanandhaa concluded an impressive campaign at the FTX Crypto Cup in Miami with a victory over world No 1 Magnus Carlsen to finish second overall in the standings.
Praggnanandhaa defeated the the Norwegian chess star in the blitz playoff in the seventh round after being tied 2-2 in the regulation game to finish runner-up with 15 points in the standings.
Carlsen finished marginally ahead of the Indian prodigy with 16 points to his name, clinching the tournament that is part of the Champions Chess Tour for a second year in a row.
Praggnanandhaa had earlier pulled off four consecutive wins, defeating world No 4 Alireza Firouzja, Anish Giri, Levon Aronian and Hans Niemann before Chinese GM Quang Liem Le halted his winning run with a 2-5-0.5 win.
Praggnanandhaa would then suffer a second consecutive loss, this time to Poland’s Jan-Krzystof Duda via tie break in the sixth round.
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