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LIVE Chess World Cup Final 2023, Praggnanandhaa versus Magnus Carlsen: Pragg will play with black pieces once the first game is drawn.
Pragg vs Magnus Chess World Cup 2023
R Praggnanandhaa versus Magnus Carlsen, Chess World Cup 2023 Final LIVE updates: Praggnanandhaa has been in superb form at the World Cup.
(Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa) Pragg vs Magnus Carlsen, Chess World Cup 2023 Final LIVE: On Tuesday, India’s Praggnanandhaa and World No. 1 Magnus Carlsen played each other in the opening game of the FIDE World Cup final, which resulted in a draw after 35 moves. Pragg, who was playing with white pieces, was ahead in time at the start of the battle but was unable to maintain his lead and found himself in time problems by the finish.
Both players will return to the final tonight for Game 2. Praggnanandhaa defeated World No. 3 Fabiano Caruana through a tie-break in the semifinals on Monday, setting up a showdown with Carlsen at the FIDE World Cup. Praggnanandhaa became the third youngest player to qualify for the Candidates event, behind the famous Bobby Fischer and Carlsen.
Carlsen mentioned after the game that he had a couple of hard days in Baku due to food poisoning following his semi-final win over Nijat Abasov.
INTERACTIVE: You can watch the move-by-move action from the opening game of the final between Praggnanandhaa and Magnus Carlsen below, and you can also click on the notations to the right of the board to retrace the game’s progression:
Nijat Abasov of Azerbaijan overcame Caruana to take a 1-0 lead in the other game of the day to determine the third-place finisher.
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