Newly-crowned Tata Metal Chess winner R Praggnanandhaa was given a heat reception upon his return house, as lots of of followers, together with officers from the Tamil Nadu authorities and the nationwide federation gathered to obtain him on the airport right here on Tuesday.
The 19-year-old from Chennai on Sunday defeated reigning World Champion and compatriot D Gukesh to assert his maiden Tata Metal Chess match crown, marking the largest win of his profession to this point.
“I really feel very completely happy to win this match, and it is extremely good to see that two Indians, two Tamil Nadu folks performed within the tie-break in the long run. We each performed nicely. Big congrats to him [D Gukesh] too, he performed very well,” he mentioned.
Each Praggnanandhaa and Gukesh completed with 8.5 factors after dropping their Thirteenth-round video games, however Praggnanandhaa confirmed exceptional psychological resilience to triumph 2-1 within the tie-breaker through the 87th version of the celebrated occasion in The Netherlands.
Praggnanandhaa grew to become the primary Indian after Viswanathan Anand to win the Tata Metal Chess title.
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