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Meltwater Champions Chess Tour Chessable Masters Tournament

ChessTournamentAnalysis
Ding Liren Wins

The Main Highlight of the Tournament

The Main Highlight of the Tournament is that the Indian Young Prodigy, Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa finished as Runner Up in the Chessable Masters Tournament. So in this Blog we're going to see some of the Key Games from the Quarter Finals, Semi Finals, and the Grand Finale.

Description

Each Player will play 4 Games with their Opponent. Highest Score get's a Point or Qualifies. If it ties, they'll have a Rematch. And please click respectively on the Game you want to see as not all Games will be in the right Spot.

Quarter Finals - Key Games

Pragg vs Wei Yi - Game 4

This Game was very Important for Wei Yi to tie with Pragg and have any chances of qualifying to the Semi Finals, but Pragg calmly played and Drew the Game and Qualified.
Round 1 - Pragg - 1
Round 2 - Pragg - 1
Round 3 - Wei Yi - 1
Round 4 - Draw

https://lichess.org/study/WuVKipdo/01SGUYMd - 1/2 - 1/2

Ding Liren vs Shakriyar Mamedyarov - Game 4

This Game was very Important for Shak to tie with Ding and have any chances of qualifying to the Semi Finals, but Ding calmly played and Drew the Game and Qualified.
Round 1 - Ding
Round 2 - Ding
Round 3 - Shak
Round 4 - Draw

https://lichess.org/study/WuVKipdo/01SGUYMd - 1/2 - 1/2

Semi Finals - Key Games

Ding Liren vs Magnus Carlsen - Game 4

The Matches were Tied Up, The Players were in Pressure but, In Game 4 it all changed. Ding did an Incredible King - Walk and won the Game and Qualified to the Grand Finale.

Round 1 - Draw
Round 2 - Draw
Round 3 - Draw
Round 4 - Ding

https://lichess.org/study/WuVKipdo/01SGUYMd - 1 - 0 (Ding White)

Pragg vs Anish Giri

The Match was so intense that it had to go in the Tiebreaks and in the Tiebreaks, Pragg won the First Match and Drew the Second Match and Qualified to the Grand Finale to play Ding.

(Tiebreaks)
Round 1 - Pragg
Round 2 - Draw

https://lichess.org/study/WuVKipdo/01SGUYMd - 1/2 - 1/2

GRAND FINALE - Key Games

PRAGG VS DING, Day 1.

The Time has come, the GRAND FINALE. Day one wasn't the Best for the Indian as he lost and needed to make a Comeback in Day 2. In Day 1, Ding won Pragg with a score of 2 1/2 - 1 1/2. Let's see a Game that he won.

Round 1 - Ding
Round 2 - Pragg
Round 3 - Ding
Round 4 - Draw

https://lichess.org/study/WuVKipdo/01SGUYMd - 0 -1 (Ding Black)

PRAGG VS DING, DAY 2

With all might, Pragg made a comeback in Day 2 by winning Ding 2 1/2 - 1 1/2. This forced a Tiebreak. Let's see the Game he won.

Round 1 - Draw
Round 2 - Pragg
Round 3 - Draw
Round 4 - Draw

https://lichess.org/study/WuVKipdo/01SGUYMd - 1 - 0 (Pragg White)

PRAGG VS DING, TIEBREAKS

The Time has come, the TIEBREAKS. This was the most interesting Part of the Game. Now I'll show you both of the Games as it's the Finale TB.

(Tiebreaks)
Round 1 - Draw - It was Pragg's Game but in Low Time Pressure, he Blundered and it became a Draw.
Round 2 - Ding

https://lichess.org/study/WuVKipdo/01SGUYMd - 1/2 - 1/2

https://lichess.org/study/WuVKipdo/01SGUYMd

After many Games, the CHAMPION OF THE TOURNAMENT WAS DING LIREN!!!

After the Tournament

After the Tournament, Pragg said that he felt Happy about his Performance. He said that he had to play the Tournament till 2 Am in the Night and wake up at 8 and go to School. Also, During the Tournament, Many Top Level GM's praised him by his Performance and even Ding Liren said that he has the Potential to become a Top GM. So that's it and I'll see you later.