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Newly -crowned Tata Steel Chess victor RPraggnanandhaa was provided a cozy function upon his return home, as numerous followers, together with authorities from the Tamil Nadu federal government and the nationwide federation collected to get him at the flight terminal onTuesday The 19-year-old from Chennai made background on Sunday by beating ruling World Champion and compatriot D Gukesh to assert his maiden Tata Steel Chess event crown, noting the most significant win of his occupation thus far.
“I feel very happy to win this tournament, and it is very nice to see that two Indians, two Tamil Nadu people played in the tie-break in the end. We both played well. Huge congrats to him (D Gukesh) as well, he played really well,” he claimed.
Both Praggnanandhaa and Gukesh do with 8.5 factors after shedding their 13th-round video games, yet Praggnanandhaa revealed exceptional psychological durability to victory 2-1 in the tie-breaker throughout the 87th version of the respected occasion in Wijk Aan Zee.
Praggnanandhaa came to be the initial Indian after Viswanathan Anand to win the Tata Steel Chess title.
Anand, a three-time victor (2003, 2004, and 2006) when the occasion was called the Corus Chess Tournament, had actually additionally shared the honours two times (1989 and 1998) throughout its earlier type as the Hoogovens Tournament.
Praggnanandhaa explained the last day as “crazy and long” after he fought fatigue and nerves to outsmart Gukesh in an exhilarating tie-breaker.
He showed his durability by recuperating from a very early error that had actually cost him the opening video game of the tie-breaker. Facing a must-win circumstance, Praggnanandhaa selected a Trompowsky opening and took care of to press the suit right into premature death.
As a draw appeared unavoidable in premature death, Gukesh blew up, and Praggnanandhaa capitalised on the error to secure his initial title.
Praggnanandhaa will certainly be following contending at the Prague Masters to be held from February 25 to March 7.
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