:
Grandmaster R Praggnanandhaa of India finished his campaign with a victory over
American Hikaru Nakamura in the final, placing him third overall as world
champion Magnus Carlsen emerged victorious at the Norway Chess tournament held
in Stavanger, Norway. Carlsen won the special tournament that guaranteed a
victory every round through either Classical time control or Armageddon in the
event of a draw. The winner took home prize money of 7,00,000 NOK (about USD
65,000). Despite losing to Praggnanandhaa, who placed third with 14.5 points,
Nakamura ended second with 15.5 points. Praggnanandhaa
should be pleased that he became victorious in one of the greatest competitions
ever, defeating the world's three best players. Earlier in the competition, he
had defeated Carlsen and Caruana under Classical time control, and his victory
against Nakamura made history by making him the first player to ever defeat the
top three.
Alireza
Firouzja (13.5 points) finished in fourth position, accounting for China's Ding
Liren, the current world champion. With Caruana finishing fifth in the
six-player double round-robin competition with 10 points, Liren dropped to the
bottom of the standings behind the Iranian turned Frenchman who also triumphed
under the Armageddon. Wenjun Ju effortlessly defeated her countryman Tingjie
Lei to take the top spot in the women's division. With 6/8/24, 5:10 PM Norway
Chess: Praggnanandhaa beats Nakamura; Carlsen wins title - Times of India
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/chess/norway-chess-praggnanandhaa-beats-nakamura-carlsen-wins-title/articleshowprint/110818221.cms?val=3728
1/2 three victories under Classical time control, the Chinese scored a total of
19 points to win. With 16 points, Anna Muzychuk came in second, 1.5 points
ahead of Lei, who was two points ahead of R Vaishali. With 10 points, Koneru
Humpy was far fifth ahead of the seasoned Pia Cramling, who finished with 8
points. There was plenty of excitement in the final round. Carlsen always meets
expectations, and he proved it again when facing Fabiano Caruana. Carlsen saved
his might for the decisive Armageddon after a standard draw in the Ruy Lopez,
when his Queen pawn opening guaranteed a real edge as the match went on. When
his passed pawn in the center was ready to become a new Queen, the Norwegian
won in a Queen and pawns endgame that took 52 moves. As a result of a London
method, Praggnanandhaa took his chances in the middle game and did not look
back because Nakamura was immediately behind. In just 31 moves, the Indian
easily won with a king side attack. Results final round men: Magnus Calrsen
(Nor, 17.5) beat Fabiano Caruana (Usa, 11.5) 1.5-1; R Praggnanadhaa (Ind, 14.5)
beat Hikaru Nakamura (Usa, 15.5) 1.5-1; Firouzja Alireza (Fra, 13.5) beat Ding
Liren (Chn, 7) 1.5-1. Women: Wenjun Ju (Chn, 19) beat Tingjie Lei (Chn, 14.5)
3-0; Anna Muzychuk (Ukr, 16) beat Koneru Humpy (Ind, 10) 1.5-1; R Vaishali
(12.5) lost to Pia Cramling (Swe, 8) 1-1.5
No comments:
Post a Comment