Young Indian Grandmaster R Praggnanandhaa continued his tremendous run within the FTX Crypto Cup, the American finale of the Champions Chess Tour, beating Anish Giri of the Netherlands 2.5-1.5 within the second spherical right here on Wednesday.
Having began his marketing campaign with victory over world No.4 and the top-ranked junior Alireza Firouzja, the 17-year-old Indian prodigy scored the all-important win within the fourth and ultimate recreation, handy Giri his second straight loss. Praggnanandhaa, who performed a key position within the Indian ‘B’ workforce’s bronze medal win within the current chess Olympiad in Mahabalipuram close to Chennai, edged out his Dutch opponent in 81 strikes within the fourth recreation after the primary three resulted in attracts.
The Indian GM is now on six factors after two wins, the identical as world No.1 Magnus Carlsen of Norway, who beat Hans Niemen 3-1.
Baby’s time out! @rpragchess wins his second match with 2.5-1.5 over Anish at #FTXCryptoCup Miami
— Ramesh RB (@Rameshchess) August 16, 2022
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“Baby’s day out! @rpragchess wins his second match with 2.5-1.5 over Anish at #FTXCryptoCup Miami,” his coach R B Ramesh tweeted after the sport. Praggnanandhaa will tackle Carlsen within the third spherical afterward Wednesday evening. He has overwhelmed the world No.1 twice in on-line matches lately and has been in good type previously few months.
In different matches within the second spherical, Firouzja bounced again after the defeat to Praggnanandhaa by beating Quang Liem Le of China 2.5-1.5 and Lev Aronian outlasted Poland’s Jan-Krzyztof Duda 3.5-2.5 by way of the tie-break. The eight-player all-play-all match is the American finale of Champions Chess Tour. There is USD 7,500 at stake for every match win on the occasion.
Each match might be performed over 4 speedy video games, with blitz tiebreaks in case of a 2-2 draw.
