Chess: Praggnanandhaa to meet Carlsen in World Cup final

Praggnanandhaa will now take on Norway’s Magnus Carlsen in the final

Indian Grandmaster R Praggnanandhaa stunned World No. 3 Fabiano Caruana 3.5-2.5 via the tie-break in the semi-finals of the FIDE World Cup chess tournament here on Monday.

After the two-game classical series ended 1-1, the 18-year-old Indian prodigy outlasted the highly-rated American GM in a battle of wits in a nerve-wracking tie-breaker. Praggnanandhaa will now take on Norway’s Magnus Carlsen in the final.

“Pragg goes through to the final! He beats Fabiano Caruana in the tiebreak and will face Magnus Carlsen now. What a performance!,” chess legend Viswanathan Anand posted on Twitter. 

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