Chess World Cup 2023: Praggnanandhaa, Carlsen game 2 ends in draw; tie break to decide winner
The second game of the Chess World Cup final between India’s Grandmaster R Praggnanandhaa and world number one Magnus Carlsen also ended in a draw. Now on Thursday, tie-breaker will decide the winner of the Chess World Cup 2023. After 35 moves in the first game, both players agreed to end the match on a draw. Now after 30 moves in the second game it was decided to end the match on a draw.
In the second game, Praggnanandhaa was playing with the white pieces. And at the beginning of the game he was well ahead of Carlsen, but he could not maintain this advantage, but the good thing was that Praggnanandhaa forced the world champion to play a draw in the second game as well. The first game on Tuesday was also a draw after more than four hours of play and 70 moves.
India’s 18-year-old Praggnanandhaa had defeated world number three Fabiano Caruana through tiebreak in the semi-finals on Monday and made it to the finals. He also became the third youngest player after the greats Bobby Fischer and Carlsen to qualify for the Candidates tournament. Earlier on Thursday too, the first game played between the two ended in a draw after 35 moves, but it was prolonged as Carlsen, playing with the black pieces, went for the win, but Praggnanandhaa was equally upto task.
