Airthings Masters: Praggnanandhaa stuns World no 1 Carlsen

IMAGE: Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa gained with black items in 39 strikes in a Tarrasch variation sport on Monday to halt Magnus Carlsen’s run of three straight wins. {Photograph}: Worldwide Chess Federation/Twitter

Younger Indian Grandmaster Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa surprised World No 1 Magnus Carlsen within the eighth spherical of the Airthings Masters, a web-based speedy chess event.

Praggnanandhaa gained with black items in 39 strikes in a Tarrasch variation sport early on Monday to halt Carlsen’s run of three straight wins.

The Indian GM lies in joint twelfth spot after eight rounds with eight factors. His spectacular win over Carlsen comes after a average run within the earlier rounds, which included a solitary victory over Lev Aronian, two attracts and 4 defeats.

He drew towards Anish Giri and Quang Liem Le and misplaced to Eric Hansen, Ding Liren, Jan-Kryzstof Duda and Shakhriyar Mamedyarov.

Russia’s Ian Nepomniachtchi, who misplaced the world championship match a couple of months in the past to the Norwegian world no 1 Carlsen, is on high of the standings with 19 factors adopted by Ding Liren and Hansen (each on 15 factors).

Within the Airthings Masters, a 16-player on-line speedy event, 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.