GM Praggnanandhaa commits blunder, loses second round match prague masters

R Praggnanandhaa

Indian GM R Praggnanandhaa committed a time-pressure blunder as he went down to Parham Maghsoodloo of Iran in the second round of Prague Masters Chess tournament here. The defeat ended Praggnanandhaa's impressive 47-game unbeaten streak in Classical Chess.

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Praggnanandhaa, 18, also lost the top ranking in live ratings among Indians - a spot reclaimed by the legendary Viswanathan Anand, who is also the brand ambassador of this event.

Playing the black side of a London System, Praggnanandhaa equalised even as Maghsoodloo kept on looking for ways to complicate the position. At some point in the middle game, the Indian even looked better, but with the clock ticking away it wasn't an easy task to finish. Maghsoodloo by then had trained his eyes to go for the black king and all he needed was a blunder. It was over in 38 moves.

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