Louis , Grandmaster R Praggnanandhaa defeated Vincent Keymer of Germany to take a 9-3 lead and came close to qualifying for the finals of the concluding event of grand chess tour. St.
It was at best can be described as a game of fluctuating fortunes wherein Pragg suffered early as white wherein Keymer had the control and a legitimate shot at attacking the white king out of a Bishop’s opening by the Indian. There will be two more rapid games in which four points are reserved for the winner and four blitz games that give two points for winning a game. Wesley was outplayed right from the opening but the fighter in him put him afloat in a jungle of variations. Facing a massacre, the Filipino-turned-American decided to put up a brave front and capitalized on some judgmental erros by Caruana to reach a drawn King and pawns endgame.
The victory meant that Pragg is now only six points away from making it to the finals of the 450000 USD tournament wherein 200000 USD is reserved for the winner. Normally the 9-3 lead that Pragg has could be the deciding factor in the mini-match. The game lasted 50 moves.
