Young Praggnanandhaa defeats champ Carlsen

Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa created a flutter early on Monday when he defeated world No. 1 and the reigning five-time world champion Magnus Carlsen of Norway in the eighth round of the Airthings Masters online rapid chess tournament.

Praggnanandhaa won with black pieces in 39 moves in a Tarrasch variation to halt Carlsen’s run of three straight wins.

The 16-year-old Grandmaster from Chennai is only the third Indian to beat the Norwegian after Viswanathan Anand and Pentala Harikrishna. But as luck would have it, his coach Grandmaster RB Ramesh missed the match.

Meanwhile, legendary batter Sachin Tendulkar on Monday congratulated 16-year-old Indian Grandmaster R Praggnanandhaa for defeating world champion, Magnus Carlsen in the eighth round of the Airthings Masters – an online rapid chess competition.

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