Praggnanandhaa panics, however regains composure to win Julius Baer Challenger Championship
Indian teen sensation Praggnanandhaa received the Julius Baer Challenger Championship after scoring 2.5 factors in three matches.
He began the day with a loss towards compatriot Pranav Venkatesh within the third match. It took a recreation for Praggnanandhaa to regulate to the brand new time management. He was scuffling with it and admitted it too at his post-match interview. He received the following two video games convincingly to make sure he scores a minimal 2.5 factors in three matches.
It was an excellent conflict between the 2 winners of the 2021-2022 @juliusbaer #ChallengersChessTour! @GM_Pranav_V missed his probabilities on D1 after which issues went on @rpragchess’s method. Congrats to Pragg for his convincing victory!🏆#c24live #JuliusBaer #ChessConnectsUs pic.twitter.com/C6L2TnJBK0
— Judit Polgar (@GMJuditPolgar) December 13, 2022
Pranav might need misplaced this match, nonetheless he nonetheless has the spot on the Champions Chess Tour 2023 which he earned by successful the Challengers Chess Championship 2022. Praggnanandhaa has had an outstanding 2022 season, beating Five-time World Champion Magnus Carlsen 3 times consecutively.
“First of all before coming, I didn’t feel that well. I wouldn’t say that’s the main reason I lost. He (Pranav) played well when we were getting low on time. I was also panicking because Champions Chess Tour has ten seconds increment. Here the Rapid format has five seconds increment. So that actually makes a huge difference. Let’s say, you repeat once, you get five seconds. So that’s comparatively not much to calculate lines. Today it’s just two seconds, so it took me some time to adapt to 5+2 (time control). I think, (in the) first game I really slowed down a lot,” Praggnanandhaa mentioned about his first-game loss.
After his victory, he additionally spoke about how having an distinctive chess participant in IM Vaishali R in his household has helped him enhance.
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“I help her and she also helps me. We sometimes play Blitz, Bullet and stuff. It’s mostly for fun. I think it’s very good to have a chess player in your family. Whenever we have doubts or lose a game, there is someone to know – you just missed this move. I am very happy to just have her. I came to chess because of her,” he mentioned.
