Pragg survives scare, Nihal crashes out
Mumbai, Nov. 7 -- On a day Indian hopefuls Nihal Sarin and Raunak Sadhwani crashed out of the FIDE World Cup, R Praggnanandhaa staged a gritty comeback under pressure to advance to the third round in Goa.
The third-seeded Indian (Elo 2771) was tested by the Uzbek-Australian GM Temur Kuybokarov (2535) in the rapid tiebreaks. After a drawn first set in which Pragg escaped from a losing position in the final game, he found himself in a hole after losing the first game of the second segment with white. Pragg produced a composed win on demand with black to take the contest to the blitz tiebreak, which he dominated.
Sarin (2700) lost to Greek Stamatis Kourkoulos-Arditis (2583), while teen Sadhwani (2641) was defeated by Armenian Robert Hovhannisy...
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