‘Congrats to Praggnanandhaa and his mother, it’s a special kind of support’: Russian grandmaster Kasparov hails Indian teen after semi-final victory | Chess News

Former world champion and Russian chess grandmaster Garry Kasparov congratulated Indian grandmaster Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa for his terrific win against World No. 3 Fabiano Caruana on Monday.
Praggnanandhaa defeated Caruana after four rapid tiebreak games and thereafter stormed into the final of the FIDE World Cup in Baku, Azerbaijan.
With this result, the 18-year-old has now set up a summit clash with world number one Magnus Carlsen.
Showering praise on the Indian teen, Kasparov congratulated Praggnanandhaa and lauded his mother for ‘special kind of support’.
“Congrats to @rpragchess —and to his mother. As someone whose proud mama accompanied me to every event, it’s a special kind of support! The Chennai Indian defeated two New York cowboys! He has been very tenacious in difficult positions,” he wrote in his tweet.

Congrats to @rpragchess—and to his mother. As someone whose proud mama accompanied me to every event, it’s a special kind of support! The Chennai Indian defeated two New York cowboys! He has been very tenacious in difficult positions. https://t.co/y8oJ6Z446M
— Garry Kasparov (@Kasparov63) August 21, 2023
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Congratulating the Indian star,  Anand took to his social networking site ‘X’, formerly Twitter and wrote: “Pragg goes through to the final! He beats Fabiano Caruana in the tiebreak and will face Magnus Carlsen now. What a performance!”

Pragg goes through to the final! He beats Fabiano Caruana in the tiebreak and will face Magnus Carlsen now.
What a performance!@FIDE_chess #FIDEWorldCup2023
— Viswanathan Anand (@vishy64theking) August 21, 2023
India’s R Praggnanandhaa managed to defeat American GM Fabiano Caruana via the tiebreaker to seal his entry into the final of the FIDE World Cup on Monday.
After two classical games on Saturday and Sunday and Monday’s two rapid games ended in draws, the Indian managed to defeat American GM Fabiano Caruana in the third game of the tiebreak to put one foot into the final.
He then shut the door on Caruana in the final tiebreak game to seal a spot in the final against Magnus Carlsen.