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'The future will belong to him' - Fans react as Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa loses to Magnus Carlson in FIDE Chess World Cup 2023.

Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa creates history at the FIDE World Cup as he becomes the youngest to qualify in final.

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'The future will belong to him' - Fans react as Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa loses to Magnus Carlson in FIDE Chess World Cup 2023.

Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa, a young prodigy who is now 18 years old, lost to Norway's world number one Magnus Carlsen in the finals of the International Chess Federation (FIDE) World Cup in Baku, Azerbaijan on Thursday after three days of intense mind-blowing battle.

The youngest-ever World Cup finalist, he was. Praggnanandhaa, who was seeded 31st, also has the lowest seed to reach the World Cup final. After the famous Bobby Fischer and Carlsen, he qualified for the participant's tournament as the third-youngest player. The tie-breaker games were played in a 25+10 style, which gave each player 25 minutes to finish the game plus 10 additional seconds for each move. Carlsen won both games after 34 and 21 moves, respectively, defeating the Indians.

The match took place in Baku, Azerbaijan, where Praggnanandhaa and Carlsen engaged in Game 2 of the championship match on Wednesday. After 21 moves, the match concluded in a draw. On Tuesday, after 35 moves, the opening game of the championship match similarly ended in a draw. He joined Viswanathan Anand in 2002 as the only other Indian chess player to reach the World Cup semifinals. The young grandmaster will compete in the Candidates competition in 2024 following the World Cup.

After qualifying for the finals of the tournament the Chess Prodigy stated," I didn’t expect to play Magnus in this tournament at all because the only way I could play him was in the final, and I didn’t expect to be in the final. I will just try to give my best and see how it goes!"

It has been said that Praggnanandhaa had previously faced off against Magnus Carlsen. In an online match that lasted 39 moves earlier in 2022, the youngster not only competed against but also defeated Carlsen. Prior to this, Praggnanandhaa and Carlsen had a total of 19 encounters, with six games ending in draws and eight games with a win for Carlsen. Praggnanandhaa defeated world No. 2 Hikaru Nakamura and No. 3 Fabiano Caruana en route to the final.

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