Praggnanandhaa’s 3rd Win In Oslo Esports Cup
Oslo, April 25: Indian chess grandmaster Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa recorded a third straight win to continue his perfect start to the Meltwater Champions Chess Tour of Oslo Esports Cup.
The 16-year-old Indian defeated World Blitz 2013 champion Liem Le Quang (Vietnam) on Sunday in a similar fashion as he beat Jorden van Foreest (Germany) and Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (Azerbaijan) in the first two rounds.
Pragg, who is the hot favourite to win the first Major of 2022, will face World Champion Magnus Carlsen in Round 4. Pragg is the only player with 9/9 points and has won the maximum $22,500 so far.
He has a three-point cushion ahead of Carlsen on the tournament leaderboard.
“Today it was difficult. In the first game, I was winning and then I played b3 quite quickly and he got counter-play. “In the second game it was very complicated and in time-trouble I didn’t know what was happening. In the last game, I didn’t play so well but in time trouble he definitely made some mistakes, said Praggnanandhaa after the match. “When you win of course you have a lot of fun! In general I’m having a lot of fun playing these players… It’s always a very good experience,” he added.
