Sports Desk, AnyTV, Chennai
Published by: Shaktiraj Singh
Updated Mon, 21 Feb 2022 12:18 PM IST
Summary
Young Indian Grandmaster R Pragyanandada has defeated Carlsen after losing three matches in a row. This is his first win against the Norwegian player. He is the youngest player of this tournament.
R Pragyanananda
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In the eighth round of AirThings Masters, India’s R Pragyanandada made a big upset defeating world champion Carlsen. In this match of Online Rapid Chess Competition, 16-year-old Pragyanananda showed a great game and registered his first win against Karlson. Carlsen’s performance in this tournament has been very poor and now he remains in fifth place.
The first day of this tournament was very bad for world champion Carlsen. He then made a spectacular comeback on the second day, but lost to R Pragyanananda. Pragyanananda is the youngest player of this tournament.
Carlsen lost after a good start
Carlsen started off brilliantly on the second day of the Airthings Masters, winning three matches in a row, but lost the fourth match of the day. In the eighth round of the league, he made many mistakes in front of the Indian Grandmaster and eventually lost the match. These two players had clashed three times before and Carlsen had won all three times, but in the fourth match, the Indian player has won.
Carlsen has moved up from 11th place to fifth on the second day of the league. At the same time, after the victory, Pragyanand said that I think it is time to go to sleep comfortably.