Chessable Masters final – Praggnanandhaa vs Ding Liren: India’s 16 year old Chess prodigy Praggnanandhaa has lost the FINALS of Chessable Masters. Ding Liren of China defeated the Indian in the final match’s tiebreaks. The Chinese had won the first set on Wednesday, but saw his opponent bouncing back in the second 4-game mini-match. A clear rating favourite, Ding defeated his prodigious rival in the deciding blitz tiebreaker: Follow Sports News LIVE Updates with InsideSport.IN
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Chessable Masters final: Ding beats Praggnanandhaa in very close FINAL MATCH, wins Chessable Masters via BLITZ TIE-BREAKER
16 year old R. Praggnanandhaa won the second game against World No. 2 Ding Liren in the final of Chessable Masters online rapid chess tournament on Wednesday.
On Day 2 of Finals of the online event Ding defeated Praggnanandhaa in the two-day final match.
Defeating his 16-year-old opponent was no easy task for the Chinese. The Indian proved very tough nut to crack even under pressure situations in the FINALS.
- The Chinese won the first set on Wednesday.
- But saw his opponent bouncing back in the second 4-game mini-match.
- A clear rating favourite, Ding defeated his prodigious rival in the deciding blitz tiebreaker.
Despite losing this match, it was a remarkable perfomace by Praggnanandhaa.
He beat Magnus Carlsen in the prelims. He finished the single round-robin in fourth place, and knocked out Wei Yi and Anish Giri in the knockout.
How the Praggnanandhaa vs Ding Liren FINALS progressed on Thursday?
Game 3: On Thursday Game 3 was the most decisive and critical confrontation of the day. Pragg got ahead on the scoreboard after outplaying his more experienced opponent in a rook endgame.
A draw was agreed on move 106.
Game 4 also ended in another draw. The match moved to tiebreaks.
A clear rating favourite, Ding defeated his prodigious rival in the deciding blitz tiebreaker.
Praggnanandhaa vs Ding Liren – Praggnanandhaa Chessable Masters: The 16-year-old from Chennai showed off all his skills as he simply overpowered the super-strong Dutch No.1 Anish Giri in the Semifinal.
That set up his summit clash with China’s World No. 2 Ding Liren, who stunned World No. 1 Magnus Carlsen in the other semifinal.
The entry in the FINALS by Praggnanandhaa made him the first Indian to reach the title-clash of an event on the Champions Chess Tour.
In two months’ time, Pragg will now play at the Chess Olympiad in Chennai. He will participate for India’s B team at Olympiad.
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