Chess Masters Final: Pragyananand of India loses to Ding Liren in tie-break. Chess News – Times of India

Chennai: Young Indian Grandmaster R Pragyananand: Fighting the world number 2 landed ding liren in the tie-break of Meltwater Champions Chess Tour The final of the Chessable Masters 2022 online tournament takes place in the early hours of Friday.
The 16-year-old from Chennai came back after losing the opener to win the second set. But then the two-game blitz tie-breaker was lost.
The Indian GM, who had lost the first set 1.5–2.5, came back to win the second 2.5–1.5 and forced a blitz tie-break.

The 29-year-old Liren used his experience to defeat Pragyananand in the second match of the tie-break game. After the first blitz game ended in a stalemate, the Chinese won the next match in 49 moves to dash the hopes of the Indian teenager.
Earlier in the second set, which he needed to win in order for the tie-break to break, Pragyananand took the all-important victory in 79 moves in the second game.

The next game saw the two dish out to a 106-move draw, before another stalemate meant the title would be decided by a tie-breaker.
After the final, the Indian prodigy’s coach RB Ramesh praised his ward’s efforts and wrote on Twitter: “Congratulations Ding, for defeating both Prague and Mosquitoes! Proud of you @rpragchess, overall good in tough conditions Showed nerves and character.”

The Indian GM defeated high-class Dutchman Anish Giri in the semi-finals to become the first Indian player to reach the final of the Meltwater Champions. chess travel program.
He defeated world No. 1 Magnus Carlsen for the second time during the preliminary stage, in which he finished fourth and went past Wei Yi of China in the quarter-finals.