“Magnus Carlsen managed to play better than me today…”: Pragg after winning silver in FIDE World Cup
Aug 25, 2023
Baku (Azerbaijan), Aug 25 (ANI): Speaking to ANI after winning the silver at the Chess World Cup in Baku, R Praggnanandhaa shed light on his thrilling final with World No. 1 and eventual winner Magnus Carlsen.
“...Today, it didn’t go my way but it’s normal in sports...He (Magnus Carlsen) is the best player in the world and I still have to improve my Chess to be the best. That’s what I am going towards, I think I need to work on it...I think we both are extremely tired, it has been a month-long event and we both were out of energy but we were trying to get ourselves together and play and he managed to play better than me today.”
