Nine -year -old Indian Arit Kapil received a remarkable draw against World No. 1 Magnus Carlsen in the ‘online chess tournament on Tuesday’ on Tuesday.Aarit, who recently ended as a runner -up at the Under -9 National Championships, dominated the game against the five -time world champion and in a position to lose Carlsen.Time pressure finally stopped the young Indian from changing his profit, making a drawn vs. two modest pieces in the endgeam.Delhi boy participated in the event from Georgia, where he is currently competing in the Under -10 World Championship.He has won his first two rounds and will continue with his third game on Wednesday.Indian player V Pranav won the ‘Early Title Tuesday’ tournament with 10 out of 11 points.American Grandmaster Hans Mok Neeman and Carlson tied up with 9.5 points, Neemon claimed second place on Tiebreak.Magnus Carlson has recently reached a historic 2900 ratings in the freestyle chess, a milestone was never achieved in any format.
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Carlson, who took over the post of world number one for nearly 15 years, had earlier reached the extreme classical chess rating of 2882 in May 2014.The new freestyle chess rating is now managed by the freestyle chess organization, which is different from the friend, the global chess governing body.“My wife (Ella Victoria) is more attracted to me that I have now achieved 2900,” Carlson told the freestyle chess, after knowing about her rating.
Freestyle rating calculations included five tournaments: Visenhus 2024, Singapore 2024, Visenhus 2025, Paris 2025, and Carlsruhe 2025, which included 578 players, who competed in at least one incident in two years.After Carlson (2909), Hikaru Nakamura (2818), and Fabiano Caruana (2804), the Indian chess proud Praggananandha is fourth with 2773 points.
