The AirThings Masters is a fast-paced online tournament. It has a total of 16 players. This game still has seven rounds of betting to go.
There has been a big upset in the eighth round of the online rapid chess tournament AirThings Masters. In this round, India's 16-year-old R. Pragnananda has defeated world number one player Magnus Carlsen.
In this match played on monday morning, Pragnananda defeated Carlsen in 39 moves. Carlsen has won three games before this.
He had only won once before, against Lev Aronian. Apart from that, Pragnananda had two games in which he was tied, and four games in which he was defeated.
He tied Anish Giri and Kwang Lim in a match, but lost to Erik Hansen, Ding Liren, Jan Krzysztof Duda, and Shakhriyar Mamedyarov.
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On monday, just after 2 a.m. in India, 16-year-old GM R Praggnanandhaa had one of the most significant moments in his early career. A victory with Black in the Airthings Masters, a 16-player online rapid event, over world champion Magnus Carlsen. It's a huge win for Pragg!
In this game, there are a total of 16 players. A win earns a player three points, while a tie earns one point. In this first phase, there are still seven betting rounds to finish.
Who is Pragnananda
Rameshbabu Pragnananda hails from tamil Nadu. He won the World youth Chess championship at the age of seven. Then at the age of nine, he won the Under-10 title.
He is the fifth-youngest chess player in the world to become a Grandmaster. He got the status of Grandmaster in the year 2018. Then his age was around 12 years.
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