‘Congrats to Praggnanandhaa and his mother, it’s a particular type of assist’: Russian grandmaster Kasparov hails Indian teen after semi-final victory

Former world champion and Russian chess grandmaster Garry Kasparov congratulated Indian grandmaster Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa for his terrific win in opposition to World No. 3 Fabiano Caruana on Monday.

Praggnanandhaa defeated Caruana after 4 speedy tiebreak video games and thereafter stormed into the ultimate of the FIDE World Cup in Baku, Azerbaijan.

With this end result, the 18-year-old has now arrange a summit conflict with world primary Magnus Carlsen.

Showering reward on the Indian teen, Kasparov congratulated Praggnanandhaa and lauded his mom for ‘special kind of support’.

“Congrats to @rpragchess —and to his mother. As someone whose proud mama accompanied me to every event, it’s a special kind of support! The Chennai Indian defeated two New York cowboys! He has been very tenacious in difficult positions,” he wrote in his tweet.

Congrats to @rpragchess—and to his mom. As somebody whose proud mama accompanied me to each occasion, it’s a particular type of assist! The Chennai Indian defeated two New York cowboys! He has been very tenacious in tough positions. https://t.co/y8oJ6Z446M

— Garry Kasparov (@Kasparov63) August 21, 2023

Praggnanandhaa additionally grew to become the primary Indian since Viswanathan Anand in 2002 to make it to the ultimate of the FIDE World Cup.

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Congratulating the Indian star,  Anand took to his social networking website ‘X’, previously Twitter and wrote: “Pragg goes through to the final! He beats Fabiano Caruana in the tiebreak and will face Magnus Carlsen now. What a performance!”

Pragg goes via to the ultimate! He beats Fabiano Caruana within the tiebreak and can face Magnus Carlsen now.

What a efficiency!@FIDE_chess #FIDEWorldCup2023

— Viswanathan Anand (@vishy64theking) August 21, 2023

India’s R Praggnanandhaa managed to defeat American GM Fabiano Caruana by way of the tiebreaker to seal his entry into the ultimate of the FIDE World Cup on Monday.

After two classical video games on Saturday and Sunday and Monday’s two speedy video games led to attracts, the Indian managed to defeat American GM Fabiano Caruana within the third recreation of the tiebreak to place one foot into the ultimate.

He then shut the door on Caruana within the ultimate tiebreak recreation to seal a spot within the ultimate in opposition to Magnus Carlsen.