“It’ll be a fight. He’ll definitely push very hard. I’ll try to rest and come fresh, I think that’s the best I can do,” Praggnanandhaa about tomorrow’s game against Carlsen.
Magnus Carlsen said after the match, “normally, I would just probably have a bit of an advantage having a rest day while he had to play a tough tiebreak yesterday, but I’ve been in a pretty rough shape the last couple of days. I got some food poisoning after the game against Abasov. I haven’t been able to eat for the last two days. This also meant that I was really calm cause I had no energy to be nervous.”
The 18-year old grandmaster had reached finals after beating world No.3 Fabiano Caruana 3.5-2.5 via the tie-break in the semifinals of the World Cup chess tournament on Monday. After the two-game classical series ended 1-1, the Indian prodigy had outlasted the highly-rated American GM in a battle of wits in a nerve-wracking tie-breaker.
Praggnanandhaa became the third youngest player after the legendary Bobby Fischer and Carlsen to qualify for the Candidates tournament. The top three finishers in the tournament qualify for the Candidates event in 2024 to determine the challenger to current world champion Liren of China.Earlier, Praggnanandhaa had beaten compatriot Arjun Erigaisi 5-4 in a sudden death tie-break to book a place for himself in the semifinals on Thursday.Meanwhile, Fabiano Caruana lost the first game to Abasov in the playoff for third place. The second game is scheduled for Wednesday.FORMAT: Both players get 90 minutes for the first 40 moves, followed by 30 minutes for the rest of the game with an increment of 30 seconds per move starting from move 1.
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