Grandmaster R Pragggnanandhaa defeated Maxure Vachier-Lagrave from France to win his first Grand Chess Tour tournament by introducing his domination in the Superbet Classic.
The Indian, after drawing in the final round with the Armenian-American GM Levon Aronian, was assured in the first place.
Maxima Vachier-Lagrave and Alireza Firouzja also won to join Pragnanandhaa at 5.5 points. This led to the tiebreaker between the three, with five minutes and a two -second addition after each pull.
In the first game with black pieces, Pragggnanandhaa had to work hard in a slightly difficult position against the company, but the final result was a draw. In the second game, Firouzja drew with Vachier-Lagrave.
In the last game of Pragggnanandhaa, he crashed through the defense of Vachiera-Lagrave to win the highest prize. The Indian scored 1.5 points in his blitz games, half a point more than Firouzja and one more than the other French Grand Master.
After last year’s debacle it was a sweet comeback for Pragggnanandhaa when he lost all his play-off games.
“The last time I didn’t do it well. I think he will relax a few hours before Tiebreak will certainly help,” Pragggnanandhaa said at the price price.
After his relatively soon draw with Aronian in the classic game, the Indian resting in his room for several hours.
Pragggnanandhaa also thanked his second for the GM Vaibhav Suri tournament and his permanent coach of RB Ramesh on this occasion. The Indian won a $ 77,667 USD (around 66 lakh) for his efforts.
Results (9. round): R Pragggnadehaa (Indian, 5,5) with Levon Aronian (USA, 4); Deac Bogdan Daniel Jan Krzystof (Pol, 3); Abdusattorov (UZB, 4,5); D Gukesh (Ind, 4) Three with Fabiano Caruana (USA, 5).
The result of tiebreak: Pragggnanandhaa drew Firouzja; Firouzja Drew with Vachier-Lagrave; Pragnanandhaa defeated Vachier-Lagrave.
Published:
Sabyasachi Chowdhury
Published on:
17th May 2025
