Arjun erigaisi entered the semi-final of the las vegas legs leg of the freestyle cheess Slam Tour on Friday after prevailing over nodirbek abdusattorov in a stragghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh. But what Arjun’s game lacked in drama-and in length-his good friend Praggnanandhaa Delivered: The Indian Played Out A seven-game Royal Rumble Against Fabiano Caruana. In the end, unfortunately, pragganandhaa lost.
Arjun and Caruana will be joined in the semi-finals by hans niemann and levon aronian.
The Praggananandhaa vs fabiano caruana, which lasted for 10 hours, had plenty of drama: Rooks being blundered, bot players winning on date, and even a unique armaged game where the players hade sakes skes skes skes skes skes skes. On time they would get on their clock.
“It’s amazing. I have had a few of these matches, but none quite this long. Point, the Rapid and then the armored. 17 Likes a Few Minutes, I Thought, Okay, Feruana Told The Official YouTube Handle.
The first game of the presaggananandhaa vs caruana showdown saw the Indian claim a win with white pieces, which meant that american needed to win on the reverse game with phecesloff. Caruana did just that after a little help from Pragganandhaa, who subdenly blundered his rook under time pressure.
With the two 30 min (+ 30 sec per movement) Games prninging inconclusive, both players were back on the board to battle it out in two 10 min (+ 10 sec per motor) games. Here Too, Pragganandhaa Won the first game, this time with black pieces. Then, he lost the reverse fixture with white pieces.
Now the matter would be decided with an even frenetic pace: two games of 5+2 blitz games. In the first Finally, Caruana Emerged Victorious. Now Praggananandhaa needed to win on Demand. And he did, thus forcing a unique armageddon battle.
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The armageddon format usually sees the player with pieces has more time on the clock, but they need to win. The player with black pieces have been time on their clock, but they just have to hold out a draw to security victory. At the las vegas even the freestyle grand slam tour, there was a unique twist to this, with both players bidding the time they would want to play as black. Praggananandhaa Bid 4:27 for Playing Black, Caruana Bid 4:02. So phaggananandhaa played with white five minutes on the clock while caruana had draw odds with 4:02.
It was there that phaggananandhaa finally yielded.
Caruana has played a few armaged games in the past and drew from those experiences.
“I got black in armageddon every single time.
Black I don’t know why, but it feels better to have black, even if you down a minute. In Each Armageddon Game, I Felt Like It’s Easier to Play a Bit Faster. With black, you have less to worry about. With white, you always have to consider so many things and it gets in your head that you
Have to get an adventage or something. So, it feels a bit easy to play freely with black, which is why I went a bit lower (with his time for black bid). ”
In the other games of the tournament, arjun defeated nodirbek by winning the second 30+30 game after a hard-fought draw in the first game. MeanWhile, in the lower bracket, Carlsen defeated vidit gujrathi in both games. Besides Carlsen, Shared 13th place at the tournament.