Champions Chess Tour: Praggnanandhaa stuns Carlsen in tiebreaks to finish runners-up in FTX Crypto daijiworld.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from daijiworld.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
GM Magnus Carlsen won the FTX Crypto Cup on Sunday despite losing his final match in a tiebreak to GM Praggnanandhaa R., who thereby secured second place in the tournament. GM Alireza Firouzja finished in third place. How to watch? The games of the FTX Crypto Cup can be found here as part of our live.
Magnus Carlsen won the FTX Crypto Cup in Miami after losing in tiebreaks against Praggnanandhaa in the final-round tournament-deciding match. Pragg stood two points behind the world champion before the round, so his victory was not enough to claim first place (he gained 2 points to Carlsen’s 1). The youngster nonetheless finished in second place, despite tying on points with Alireza Firouzja, as he had defeated the Frenchman in their round-1’s direct encounter.
Magnus Carlsen has a 2-point lead on Praggnanandhaa going into Sunday’s final round. The young Indian star will get a chance to win the whole thing if he beats the world champion in the rapid section of their direct encounter winning in tiebreaks will not cut it for Pragg. In round 6, Carlsen beat Alireza Firouzja in an exciting match that went to tiebreaks, while Jan-Krzysztof Duda defeated Pragg, also in tiebreaks.
GM Magnus Carlsen increased his lead at the FTX Crypto Cup to two points on Saturday thanks to beating GM Alireza Firouzja in the tiebreak. The leader will face the runner-up in Sunday's final round: Praggnanandhaa R., who lost to GM Jan-Krzysztof Duda. How to watch? The games of the FTX Crypto Cup can.