16-year-old Indian chess prodigy Grandmaster R Praggnanandhaa confirmed off his brilliance on the ongoing Airthings Masters, an internet fast chess competitors, to stun the world champion Magnus Carlsen. Praggnanandhaa received with black items in 39 strikes in a Tarrasch variation sport early on Monday to halt Carlsen’s run of three straight wins.
Currently, the 16-year-old lies in joint twelfth spot after eight rounds with eight factors. This excellent win in opposition to Carlsen, nonetheless, comes after a reasonable run within the earlier rounds.
It was Praggnanandhaa’s first win in any type of chess in opposition to the Norwegian and got here on the again of getting misplaced three video games in a row. Carlsen completed down in fifth – up from eleventh on the leaderboard yesterday.
“I think it’s about just going to bed,” FIDE’s web site quoted Praggnanandha as saying.
Praggnanandhaa drew in opposition to Anish Giri and Quang Liem Le and misplaced to Eric Hansen, Ding Liren, Jan-Kryzstof Duda and Shakhriyar Mamedyarov.
In the Airthings Masters, a 16-player on-line fast match, a participant will get three factors for a win and one for a draw within the preliminary rounds. Seven extra rounds stay within the preliminary section.
(With inputs from businesses)
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