Their second game lasted only 30 moves.

Carlsen had been suffering with food poisoning for two days before the final.

"If I have some energy, if I have a good day, obviously I will have good chances, but Praggnanandhaa has already played a lot of tiebreaks against very strong players, I know he is very strong," Carlsen admitted.

"I didn’t think he had a lot of energy, I didn’t think he was unwell," Praggnanandhaa said.

"Tomorrow, I just want to come with a fresh mind, I will try to rest today, it is very important because I've been playing a lot of tiebreaks here. 

"I have to be ready for everything."

Meanwhile, in the third place play-off, Fabiano Caruana forced a tie break with his win in the second game against Azerbaijani home favourite Nijat Abasov after a match which lasted nearly four and a half hours

"Nijat has won a number of tiebreaks, he is playing well, even today, I don't think he played a bad game," Caruana conceded. 

"In terms of preparing for the tiebreak, I will just try to rest as much as possible, This is the main thing for me," 

Both tie breaks will be played tomorrow.