Aravindh Chithambaram won the first major title of his career after finishing with six points at the end of the nine laps competition, with the World No. 8 R Praggnanandhaa finished second with five points.
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Indian failures seem to have discovered another star with the great master of 25 Aravindh Chithambaram winning the Prague Masters event, ending in front of the established names, including compatriot R Praggnanandhaa. Aravindh won the first major title of his career after held Ediz Gurel in Türkiye in a dead end to finish the competition of nine rounds with six points.
The victory of the Dutch grandmaker Anish Giri over Praggnanandhaa during the final round confirmed the victory of Aravindh in the seventh edition of the tournament. Aravindh finished an entire point before the trio of Praggnanandhaa, Giri and the Chinese GM Wei Yi – who were tied in the second row with five points. Gurel finished third with 4.5 points.
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