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Chess World Cup: Praggnanandhaa holds Magnus Carlsen to another draw to take final to tiebreaks
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India's Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa held World No.1 Magnus Carlsen to a second successive draw in their two-game final in the FIDE World Cup here on Wednesday, taking the summit clash into the tiebreaker.
Baku (Azerbaijan: India's Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa held World No.1 Magnus Carlsen to a second successive draw in their two-game final in the FIDE World Cup here on Wednesday, taking the summit clash into the tiebreaker.
Praggnanandhaa, who had played out a draw with white pieces on Tuesday, held the Norwegian five-time World Champion in Classical Chess to another draw, this time with black pieces.
It was a quiet draw as Carlsen could not gain much advantage despite playing with white pieces.
The final will now be decided on Thursday via rapid chess tiebreak games.
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