R Praggnanandhaa cruises into finals of Grand Chess Tour’s last leg after 19-9 win over Germany’s Vincent Keymer

By  News On Air   Aug 26, 2026

Indian Grandmaster R Praggnanandhaa cruised into the finals of the Grand Chess Tour’s last leg after 19-9 win over Germany’s Vincent Keymer. Having won the second Classical game, the Indian enjoyed a huge lead of six points coming into the final day on which games of shorter duration were played.

He defeated Keymer in back-to-back rapid encounters to nearly seal his spot in the finals taking an unassailable 17-3 lead before another victory in the first game of blitz took his points tally to 19.

Pragnanandhaa will take on pre-event favourite and defending champion Fabiano Caruana of the USA States in the event finale.
The top three finishers will automatically qualify for next year’s Grand Chess Tour.