Former World Chess Champion and Russian chess grandmaster Garry Kasparov congratulated Indian grandmaster Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa who stormed into the finals of the FIDE World Cup in Baku, Azerbaijan.
“I am extremely proud that he has been doing phenomenally well in this world cup and he qualified for the World Cup final. And what I hear is he is the youngest to do so. And also he is the only Indian to qualify for the final,” coach Ramesh told ANI.
"Congratulations to R Praggnanandhaa for an outstanding FIDE Chess World Cup journey to the Finals. My best wishes for the title match against Magnus Carlsen. More than a billion Indians are cheering for you," the Congress leader posted on 'X' (formerly Twitter)
Vidit Gujrathi advanced to the quarterfinals of the FIDE World Cup after defeating Russian chess master Ian Nepomniachtchi 2-0 in 10-minute games while Harika Dronavalli lost in the quarters
Grandmaster (GM) R. Praggnanandhaa orchestrated one of the biggest upsets of the ongoing FIDE World Cup as he eliminated American grandmaster Hikaru Nakamura in the tiebreakers.
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin extended congratulations to the 17-year-old teenage prodigy D Gukesh, who ended Grandmaster Viswanathan Anand's 37-year reign as India's top chess player in the live world rankings.
Sochi [Russia], August 5 (ANI): Jan-Krzysztof Duda of Poland won the 2021 FIDE World Cup on Thursday, beating GM Sergey Karjakin convincingly in his white game, thereby avoiding a tiebreak.