World No. 1 Magnus Carlsen and India's ace Chess prodigy R Praggnanandhaa played out to draw after 30 moves in the second game of the Chess World Cup final.
Chess World Cup: R Praggnanandhaa survived a hard press from Fabiano Caruana as the Indian star took the World Cup semifinal into a tie-breaker.
FIDE Chess WC: R Praggnanandhaa registered a thrilling win over compatriot Arjun Erigaisi in a quarterfinal of the FIDE Chess World Cup
44th FIDE Chess Olympiad: Over 187 countries competed on 700 boards in the tournament.
The decision to conduct the tournament despite the spread of the deadly disease across the globe had come in for criticism from many, including former world champion Vladimir Kramnik.
FIDE had recently recognised a new set of office-bearers of AICF after they were declared elected unopposed by the returning officer for the election.
The 47-year-old Indian ace has won the World Cup twice in China (2000) and Hyderabad (2002) respectively.
Chennai, Jul 13: Holder Viswanathan Anand will clash with Boris Gelfand of Israel for the 2012 World Chess Championship title, which will be held in India for the first time.Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa
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