As Grandmaster R Praggnanandhaa creates historical past by turning into solely the second Indian after Vishwanathan Anand to achieve the semifinals of the FIDE Chess World Cup, his coach R B Ramesh is brimming with pleasure and is assured of {the teenager}’s probabilities in opposition to world primary Magnus Carlsen of Norway.
Praggnanandhaa on Monday shocked world No.3 Fabiano Caruana 3.5-2.5 through the tie-break within the semifinals to enter the finals, thereby turning into the third youngest participant after the legendary Bobby Fischer and Carlsen to qualify for the Candidates occasion.
“I’m extraordinarily proud that he has been doing phenomenally nicely on this World Cup and certified for the ultimate. And what I hear is he’s the youngest to take action. And in addition he’s the one Indian to qualify for the ultimate,” coach Ramesh instructed ANI.
Sharing his happiness, Ramesh listed out the astounding accomplishments of Praggnanandhaa at such a younger age. “He has already created many world data up to now. On the age of 10, he turned the world’s youngest worldwide chess grasp, there are solely two titles given to chess gamers and he achieved one on the age of 10. On the age of 12, he turned the second youngest to realize the grandmaster title. On the age of 14, he crossed the 2600 ranking which was the youngest to cross the 2600 ranking,” he mentioned.
The coach mentioned he had briefly mentioned his opening methods with the grandmaster. He added that Praggnanandhaa and Magnus have performed one another earlier than and the match will likely be an thrilling one. “He has performed Magnus many occasions. He has defeated the World champion 5 occasions within the final one-year and so. It isn’t new that they’re enjoying in opposition to one another. Tomorrow will likely be an thrilling match,” he mentioned.
R Praggnanandhaa’s coach R B Ramesh | X
Including that that is the best platform the place they’re assembly one another, the final time they performed was in January. “They performed longer time management then, Praggnanandhaa had performed a draw in opposition to Magnus with the black items which was consequence,” he additional mentioned.
The coach is certain of Indian Grandmaster will win the title. “I’m very optimistic about Prags probabilities. He must get night time’s sleep immediately. That will likely be very essential. He’s already feeling actually good about himself, he is aware of that he’s enjoying nicely, so there may be not a lot to advise him,” he added.
As for Praggnanandhaa, the face-off was sudden. “I did not count on to play Magnus on this event in any respect as a result of the one approach I may play him was within the last, and I did not count on to be within the last. I’ll simply attempt to give my finest and see the way it goes!,” he mentioned after reserving a spot within the summit conflict.
By turning into solely the second Indian after Anand to achieve the semifinals of the world cup, Pragg booked a spot within the Candidates occasion in 2024 to find out the challenger to Ding Liren.
The highest three finishers within the event qualify for the Candidates occasion in 2024 to find out the challenger to present world champion Liren of China.
