R Pragyanand sets world record by defeating Magnus Carlsen

R Pragyanand sets world record by defeating Magnus Carlsen

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Category : Sports Published on: February 24 2022

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India’s teen chess Grandmaster Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa created history as he defeated world number one chess champion, Magnus Carlsen, of Norway in an online chess tournament.
The 16-year-old Pragg achieved the feat in the eighth round of the Airthings Masters, an online rapid chess tournament, in 39 moves with black pieces.
The Airthings Masters is the first of the nine events of the 2022 Meltwater Champions Chess Tour, being held from February to November 2022.
With this, Pragg became the youngest player to beat Carlsen since the Norwegian became World Champion in 2013.
Pragg is also only the third Indian grandmaster to win against Magnus Carlsen apart from Viswanathan Anand and Pentala Harikrishna.

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