India's R Praggnanandhaa Stuns World Champion Magnus Carlsen For Second Time In Year

With this win, 16-year-old Grandmaster Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu is placed in fifth spot on the leaderboard. Carlsen is in third spot with 12 points at the end of Day 2 of tournament.

India's 16-year-old Grandmaster Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu

Source : PTI

New Delhi: India's 16-year-old Grandmaster Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu stunned World Champion Magnus Carlsen for the second time in just three months as he got the better of the Norwegian in the fifth round of the Chessable Masters online rapid chess tournament on Friday.

The fifth-round match of the tournament was headed towards a draw but a one-move blunder from the world champion Magnus Carlsen resulted in his defeat. Despite the victory, the 16-year-old GM was not happy. "I do not want to win that way!" said R Praggnanandhaa after Magnus Carlsen blundered.

With this win, the Indian GM now is placed in the fifth spot on the leaderboard. Carlsen is in the third spot with 12 points and China's Wei Yi is on top with 18 points at the end of Day 2 of the tournament.

🇮🇳✌️ HISTORY REPEATS! 16 YO #Praggnanandhaa stunned #MagnusCarlsen for the ✌️ time in 3️⃣ months at the #ChessableMasters.

😅 But he wasn't very happy with the win as Carlsen blundered with his black knight - "I do not want to win that way!"#ChessIndia #Chess #TeamIndia pic.twitter.com/QAnTGG3UjB

— Sportwalk Bytes IN 🇮🇳 (@SportwalkIndia) May 21, 2022

Earlier, Praggnanandhaa had gotten the better of Carlsen in Airthings Masters online rapid tournament in February this year.

Airthings Masters is a 16-player online rapid tournament, a player gets three points for a win and one for a draw in the preliminary rounds. Seven more rounds remain in the preliminary phase.

It was Praggnanandhaa's first win in any form of chess against the Norwegian and came on the back of having lost three games in a row.