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Indian Grandmaster R Praggnanandhaa secured a place in the Grand Chess Tour Finale after finishing runner-up at the Sinquefield Cup, while American Wesley So triumphed in the playoff to clinch the title.
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Fabiano Caruana of the United States scored his second victory in as many days, defeating Nodirbek Abdusattorov of Uzbekistan.
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With eight rounds still to come in the USD 350,000 prize money tournament, as many as six players share the third spot behind Praggnanandhaa and Aronian while Gukesh and Abdusattorov are at the bottom of the heap hoping to open their respective accounts in the next round.
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Praggnanandhaa is No. 4 in the world, one place above compatriots Gukesh Dommaraju, the current world champion, and Arjun Erigaisi, who are tied for fifth.
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This format is not becoming popular among the elite players only because of its built-in novelties. Pay is one of its major attractions.
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R Praggnanandhaa continued the recent trend of Indian players outsmarting Magnus Carlsen and sent the Norwegian's campaign haywire on Wednesday.
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It was a sweet comeback for Praggnanandhaa after last year's debacle when he lost all his games in the play-offs.
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In the tie-breaker between two Chennai players played in the blitz format, Pragg was the underdog because of exhaustion.
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Both Praggnanandhaa and Abdusattorov have 2.5 points each.
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The 19-year-0ld Praggnanandhaa's win over Harikrishna was a master-class on defence and counter-attack.
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Indian Grandmaster Arjun Erigaise secured the WR Chess masters title after defeating Maxime Vachier-Lagrave of France in the Armageddon game following two draws in Classical chess during the final.
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R Praggnanandhaa set the tone on the top board as the Indian men's team blanked Morocco 4-0, while the women romped home against Jamaica, conceding just a draw in the process, in the first round of the 45th Chess Olympiad in Budapest, Hungary.
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This comes days after he defeated world number-one Magnus Carlsen for the first time in classical chess on Wednesday, May 29, at the Norway Chess 2024 tournament.
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According to an expert, India is the new Russia of the chess world, as in the past such dominance was only shown by Russian players.
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Praggnanandhaa, who is the youngest player to reach a Chess World Cup final, thanked Mahindra for the precious gift. “Received XUV 400. My parents are very happy. Thank you very much Anand Mahindra, sir,” he wrote.
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The top-seeded men's team was held to a 2-2 draw by a strong Uzbekistan team with all four matches ending in draws.
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R. Praggnanandhaa became the youngest International Master in the history of the game in 2016 - he was 10 years old then. By the time he was 12 years, he had become a Grandmaster.
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At 18, R Praggnanandhaa etched his name into history as the youngest Chess World Cup finalist ever.
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After both the games on Tuesday and Wednesday ended in a draw, both R Praggnanandhaa and Magnus Carlsen played in a tie-breaker on Thursday.
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Day 1 of the final ended in a draw after a combined total of 35 moves between both R Praggnanandhaa and Magnus Carlsen and the second day, too, saw the same result as after 30 moves, there was no definite winner in contest and hence, resulting in a draw.
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The 18-year old wonderboy has long been seen as a possible successor to the five-time world champion Viswanathan Anand and is certainly on the path to be a chess great.
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Coached by Grandmaster Ramesh RB, it has been a dream run for R Praggnanandhaa who defeated the third highest-rated chess player in history- Italy's Fabio Caruaana- in Round 7 on Monday
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Manuel Aaron and Viswanathan Anand had a lot to do with it.
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Praggnanandhaa waged a gritty battle against the American to share the honours in 78 moves.
