India, April 1 -- Praggnanandhaa looked away from the board. The walls had closed in and the lights on his chances of saving the game, had gone out. His opponent, fellow 20-year-old and long-time rival, Uzbekistan's Javokhir Sindarov had set up a nice little trap that the Indian walked right into.

He had lured White's Queen away leaving its light-squared bishop on the c2 square unmanned. Sindarov then deployed his rook to gobble up the bishop (35. Rxc2+), delivering a check, and went on to defeat Praggnanandhaa, co-leading the Candidates tournament with world No 3 Fabiano Caruana at 2.5 points from three rounds. The win also shot Sindarov to world No 8 in the live ratings,

Playing with the White pieces, Praggnanandhaa switched things up...