Can Carlsen break Praggu's defence?
Indian's Accuracy Vital Against
Shaky Former World Champ, Says His Coach
Indian teenage chess sensation Rameshbabu
Pragnanand- has has many firsts in his career so far. In his second World Cup,
the 18-year-old stunned two of the top three ranked masters and earned the
right to face the champion of many battles world no. 1 Magnus Carlsen, in the
final
In their previous meeting of the classical
format, Praggu forced the 30-year-old Carlsen to split the point while
surprising the former world champion in an official online tour nament last
year At the Airthings Masters in February last year, Prag gu defeated Carlsen
in the 8th round of the online competition.
He became the youngest player to defeat
Carisen in a chess game since the latter was crowned world champion in 2013. After
the draw of the FIDE World Cup was released, Praggu and his coach RB Ramesh had
prepared till the Round of 16 as the Chennal boy was likely to be 3 Hikaru
Nakamura (Elo 2780 in live ratings), However, the young Indian took bold steps
and scripted history by making it to the final.
In his illustrious career the ex perienced
Carlsen has played a total of 1820 matches where he won 7D games, drew 836
boards and suf fered 106 losses Pra has played a total of 1,785 where the
18-year-old posted 89 vie torim, drew 504 games and suffered . 2 Fabiano
Caruana in the semifinal 291 loses Carisen has a dominant hold on his white
pieces. Of the 785 total victories, Carlsen has won games while starting and
recorded full point in 335 munds with the black pieces. In contrast, Prage
nanandhaa has maintained a bal ance with both the colours
Of the 894 wins Prage nanandhaa has clinched
7 games with white pleces and posted a victories while defending Carlsen
acknowl edged Pragmanandhaa's defensive strength after the Indian held the
world No.1 in January this year.
