Chess enthusiasts in India are overjoyed that their country's R Praggnanandhaa will compete against Magnus Carlsen, the world's top-ranked player, in the championship match of the World Cup.
The 18-year-old Praggnanandhaa had advanced to the championship match by winning a tie-breaker against the third-ranked player in the world, Fabiano Caruana, on Monday.
After defeating Nijat Abasov over the course of the weekend, Carlsen was able to advance to the championship round.
Carlsen, who is 32 years old, will be participating in the World Cup final for the very first time. The World Cup is run by the International Chess Federation (FIDE).
The championship match is scheduled to get underway on Tuesday in Baku, which is the capital city of Azerbaijan.
The beginning of this month marked Praggnanandhaa's 18th birthday, making him the youngest player to ever compete in a World Cup final.
The young man has also achieved the distinction of being the third-youngest individual in the world to qualify for the Candidates Tournament. This competition will be held the following year in order to select who would be the next contender for the title of world champion. Carlsen and Bobby Fischer, a chess genius from the United States, both qualified to compete in the tournament when they were 16 years old.
Praggnanandhaa, more commonly referred to by his nickname Pragg, is regarded as one of India's most talented chess players.
The young Indian player who stunned a reigning world champion.
When he became the youngest International Master in the game's history, he had just turned 10 years old. He holds the record for this accomplishment. After another year had passed, in 2018, he attained the level of chess grandmastery that made him the world's second-youngest player at the time.
The previous year, he triumphed over Carlsen at the Airthings Masters, an online quick competition, and in doing so, he became only the third Indian player ever to achieve this feat against the Norwegian grandmaster.
In addition to this, he is the first Indian player to reach the final of the FIDE World Cup since the legendary chess player Vishwanathan Anand.
On Tuesday, Anand was the first person to post a celebratory message on X following Praggnanandhaa's triumph. In his post, he said, "What a performance!"
Former world champions Susan Polgar and Garry Kasparov both took to social media to offer their congratulations to the young player.
After his victory on Monday, Praggnanandhaa commented that he hadn't anticipated facing Carlsen in the competition since "the only way I could play him was in the final, and I didn't expect to be in the final." This was his explanation for why he hadn't anticipated facing Carlsen in the tournament.
"I will just try my best and see how it goes," he stated. "I will just try to give my best."
The 18-year-old Praggnanandhaa had advanced to the championship match by winning a tie-breaker against the third-ranked player in the world, Fabiano Caruana, on Monday.
After defeating Nijat Abasov over the course of the weekend, Carlsen was able to advance to the championship round.
Carlsen, who is 32 years old, will be participating in the World Cup final for the very first time. The World Cup is run by the International Chess Federation (FIDE).
The championship match is scheduled to get underway on Tuesday in Baku, which is the capital city of Azerbaijan.
The beginning of this month marked Praggnanandhaa's 18th birthday, making him the youngest player to ever compete in a World Cup final.
The young man has also achieved the distinction of being the third-youngest individual in the world to qualify for the Candidates Tournament. This competition will be held the following year in order to select who would be the next contender for the title of world champion. Carlsen and Bobby Fischer, a chess genius from the United States, both qualified to compete in the tournament when they were 16 years old.
Praggnanandhaa, more commonly referred to by his nickname Pragg, is regarded as one of India's most talented chess players.
The young Indian player who stunned a reigning world champion.
When he became the youngest International Master in the game's history, he had just turned 10 years old. He holds the record for this accomplishment. After another year had passed, in 2018, he attained the level of chess grandmastery that made him the world's second-youngest player at the time.
The previous year, he triumphed over Carlsen at the Airthings Masters, an online quick competition, and in doing so, he became only the third Indian player ever to achieve this feat against the Norwegian grandmaster.
In addition to this, he is the first Indian player to reach the final of the FIDE World Cup since the legendary chess player Vishwanathan Anand.
On Tuesday, Anand was the first person to post a celebratory message on X following Praggnanandhaa's triumph. In his post, he said, "What a performance!"
Former world champions Susan Polgar and Garry Kasparov both took to social media to offer their congratulations to the young player.
After his victory on Monday, Praggnanandhaa commented that he hadn't anticipated facing Carlsen in the competition since "the only way I could play him was in the final, and I didn't expect to be in the final." This was his explanation for why he hadn't anticipated facing Carlsen in the tournament.
"I will just try my best and see how it goes," he stated. "I will just try to give my best."
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