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18-yr-old Praggnanandhaa Enters Chess World Cup Final, Books Seat In Candidates (Ld)

By IANS News August 22, 2023 • 08:01 AM View: 762

American GM Fabiano Caruana: India’s 18-year old Grandmaster (GM) R. Praggnanandhaa (ELO 2,707) on Monday entered the FIDE World Cup final after defeating world No. 3 by rating, American GM Fabiano Caruana (2,782), in the semifinal tie-break games played at Baku, Azerbaijan.

The final score stood at 3.5-2.5 in favour of the Chennai youngster. After drawing the first two tie-break games, the Indian slayed Caruana in the third game and drew the next one.

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