America. India's young Grandmaster R Praggnanandha, continuing his brilliant performance, has entered the finals of the Grand Chess Tour 2026. In the semi-final match played in St. Louis, America, he defeated Germany's strong player Vincent Keimer in a one-sided manner.
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Highlights of the match
In the second game of the classical match, Praggnanand, playing with white pieces, defeated Keymer and took a strong lead of 9-3. After this, the Indian star took the score to 17-3 by winning both the rapid games held on Monday. Due to this brilliant performance, he had secured the ticket to the final even before the blitz round. Apart from this, after the conclusion of the blitz matches, Praggnanand won the match by a huge margin of 19-9. With this historic victory, Praggnanand has become the world number six player in the Live World Chess Rating by surpassing Keymer.
There will be a title clash with Caruana
Let us tell you that now in the title match, Praggnanand will face America's legendary player Fabiano Caruana, who had defeated Wesley So 18-12 in the second semi-final. Let us tell you that the final match between the two players is starting from today, 25th August 2026. The winner of this tournament will get a huge amount of $2,00,000 i.e. approximately ₹ 1.67 crore.