India Chess Wrap: Praggnanandhaa Wins the Superbet Chess Classic After a Thrilling Tiebreak

R Praggnanandhaa defeated Alireza Firouzja and Maxime Vachier-Lagrave in a tight tiebreak playoff to win the Superbet Chess Classic. After nine rounds, all three players had 5.5 points in the main competition, forcing a three-way tiebreak to determine the winner.

Prior to his tie with Levon Aronian, Praggnanandhaa was dominating the tournament; however, Firouzja and Vachier-Lagrave were able to overtake him by winning their last matches.

Both of the opening matchups in the tiebreaks, Praggnanandhaa vs. Firouzja and Vachier-Lagrave vs. Firouzja, ended in draws. In the third game, Praggnanandhaa defeated Vachier-Lagrave with a brilliant performance, ultimately deciding the title.

Praggnanandhaa had drawn seven of his nine games in the main event, thus this victory was very noteworthy. Nevertheless, he maintained his composure and prevailed when it counted most.

World Champion D Gukesh, the other Indian player, drew his final match against Fabiano Caruana and ended up in ninth place with four points.

Beginning on July 1, the SuperUnited Rapid & Blitz in Croatia will be the next Grand Chess Tour tournament. It will make use of the same strategy as the Poland leg, which Vladimir Fedoseev won.

All India Chess Masters: Following the Round 7 draw, Kapadi and Shetty are still tied for first place.

Following a fiercely contested draw in their highly anticipated Round 7 match, Yash Kapadi and Darsh Shetty kept their shared lead at the All India Chess Masters FIDE Rating Chess Championship.

Playing with the white pieces on the top board, Kapadi and Shetty engaged in a long and tense duel.

Both players now lead the rankings with 6.5 points apiece following the draw.

10-year-old Parv Hakani earned a full point by defeating Shreyas Kaushik in an impressive performance.

With five points now, Hakani is tied for third place with five other competitors.