Indian Grandmaster R Praggnanandhaa defeated world no 1 Magnus Carlsen in the eighth round of the Airthings Masters, an online rapid chess tournament.
Praggnanandhaa won with black pieces in 39 moves in a Tarrasch variation game early on Monday to halt Carlsen’s run of three straight wins.
Bravo Praggnanandhaa!! 👏👏👏
Indian GM @rpragchess scored a stunning victory over World Champion Magnus Carlsen at the Airthings Masters yesterday! ✅✅✅#AirthingsMasters #ChessChamps #MagnusCarlsen #Praggnanandhaa pic.twitter.com/4wujOsDDLM
— Chess.com – India (@chesscom_in) February 21, 2022
You can watch the closing stages of the match with commentary from Tania Sachdev and Peter Leko from 4:05:38 in the link below:
The Indian GM was in joint 12th spot after eight rounds with eight points. His spectacular win over Carlsen comes after a moderate run in the earlier rounds, which included a solitary victory over Lev Aronian, two draws and four defeats.
He drew against…