Pragnanandhaa makes India proud and matches legendary vishy anand with stunning achievements. (Photo: screengrab/@vishy64Theking/x)
Showing nerves of steel in a thrilling three-way with maxime Vachier-legrave and alireza firouzja, pragg defeated Vachier-Lagrave in the Final Game, and the Title was declared in Blitz Tiebreaks.
In a game marked by intenses drama and high stakes, the Indian teenager’s brilliant performance under pressure under pressure was truly remarkable. The tamil nadu-born star ended with a score of 5.5/9, which meant that he would take take home the first prize of Rs 66 lakhs.
PRAGNANANDHAA WON GCT ROMANIA IN Tiebreaks to Win His 2nd Super Tournament of the Year, Having Won Tata Steel Earlier this year.
He also become the 2nd Indian player after Vishy Anand to Win Multiple Super Tournaments.
“Unbelievable feeling! Just won the #Superbetchesclassic in Bucharest, Romania! It has certainly been a wonderful year for the 19-age as he not only won at the gct but also defeated gukesh in wijk aan zee to clinch the tata steel masters.
Meanwhile, in other matches of the day, d gukesh play a draw with fabiano caruana of the united states. At the same time, American wesley so gold
In the final rankings, Caruana Finished Fourth with 5 Points, Half a Point Ahead of Abdusattorov, who had 4.5.
After many many UPS and downs in the event, gukesh tied for fifth on 4 points with wesley, aronian, and bogdan-daniel.
Duda, with 3 points, had to be content with the last place.
Other Results: Deac Bogdan-Daniel (ROU, 4) Lost to Alireza Firouzja (Fra, 5.5); Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (Fra, 5.5) Beat Jan Krzysztof (Pol, 3); Wesley so (4) drew with nodirbek abdusattorov (UZB, 4.5); D Gukesh (Ind, 4) Drew with Fabiano Caruana (USA, 5).
