NEW DELHI: As younger GM R Praggnanandhaa on Friday shocked second-seeded Hikaru Nakamura to enter the final 16 of the FIDE World Cup chess event in Baku, world no.1 Magnus Carlsen, in a pleasant gesture, congratulated the teenage Indian prodigy whereas his match was nonetheless on.
Within the viral video, Carlsen will be seen strolling throughout to Praggnanandhaa whereas his personal recreation was nonetheless occurring and congratulated the Indian.
5-time world champion and Indian chess legend Viswanathan Anand too hailed the younger GM and stated, “Praggnanandhaa does it! Eliminating one of many pre event favourites Hikaru Nakamura to undergo to the following spherical. A very spectacular efficiency by Prag!”
Praggnanandhaa will meet Hungarian GM Ferenc Berkes within the spherical of 16.