R Pragganandhaa (PTI Photo) Indian Chess Sensation R Pragggnanandhaa reached another historical milestone and climbed the world 3 in the living charts after defeating the ruling world champion D Gukesh in the opening round of the prestigious Sinquefield Cup in St. Louis.With this victory, the 20 -year -old Grand Master moved to a live rating of 2784.1 points. Only Magnus Carlsen (2839) and Hikaru Nakamura (2807) are in front of them, while now sitting between the real elite of sport.Pragggnanandhaa also shares the leadership of the tournament with American veteran Levon Aronian, who protruded Norbek Abdusattorov of Uzbekistan Uzbekistan.
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Go beyond the border with our YouTube channel. Subscribe!Fabiano Caruana saw the remaining matches of the first round with the Polish Jan-Krzysztof Duda, Samuel Sevian divided the point with Wesley So and the French stars Maxure Vachier-Lagrave and Alireza Firouzja canceled each other.The Sinquefield Cup, which has $ 350,000, has the remaining eight laps. At this stage, six players are tied just behind Pragggnanandha and Aronian, while Gukesh and Abdusattorov are still opening their accounts.Particular attention was drawn to the clash between two young Indian super -stars. Gukesh, with black pieces, chose the queen gambit accepted, but his early queen exchange left him on his back leg. He spent a significant time in a familiar position and slipped into a dubious structure. Pragggnanandhaa earned with an episcopal couple, gaining a clear advantage and tirelessly pushing. When the Gukesh clock was shrinking, mistakes entered and Pragggnanandha forced the pawn victory before he smoothly converted only 36 movements.“I really don’t know what happened today. I think he was a little gone,” Pragggnanandhaa said after the match.The victory also exported their classic head record-head record. “Last year I spoiled him some good positions against him, I think I have not beat him for almost two years (in classic), so it is good to win victory,” he said.With the move on his side, Pragggnanandhaa now stands at the peak of Indian chess history.
