French Grandmaster Alireza Firouzja drew his final game with Indian prodigy R Praggnanandhaa to emerge champion at the Sinquefield Cup and also win the Grand Chess tour 2024. (More Sports News)
Winning three and drawing the remaining six games, Firouzja remained undefeated throu𝔍ghout the event.
Defending champion of the Grand Chess tour and someone who looked like a runaway winner till he reached his home turf, Fab𝕴iano Caruana had to be content with the second place finish in the tournament despite his victory over Anish Giri of Holland in the final round game🔴.
The third place was shared by Maxime Vachier-Lagaver of France and No🥃dirbek Abdusattorov who both came with an inspired performance in the final rou🐈nd game to beat Ding Liren of China and Ian Nepomniachtchi of Russia respectively.
While the third place fini𒁏shers had an identical score of five points each behind Caruana's 5.5 points, the Indian duo of Praggnanandhaa and D Gukesh tied for the fifth spot on a fifty percent score with both of them ending with nine draws.
This augurs well for the upcoming chess Olympiad for the Indian 🎃team that is just a fortnight away.
Results final round: Nodirbek Abdusattorov (Uzb, 5) Ian Nepomniachtchi (Fid, 3.5); R Praggnanandhaa (𒅌Ind, 4.5) drew with Alireza Firouzja (Fra, 6); Maxime Vachier-Lagarve (Fra, 5) beat Anish Giri (Ned, 3) Nodirbek Abdusattorov (Uzb, 5.5) beat Ding Liren (Chn, 3.5); Fabiano Caruana (Usa, 5.5) beat Anish Giri (Ned, 3); D Gukesh (Ind, 4.5) drew with Wesley So (Usꦗa, 4.5).
