Las Vegas Chess Grand Slam Tour: R Pragagannandha Stun Magnus Carlsen, World No. 1 Title Convention | Chess news

India’s Grandmaster R Praggananandha won a stunning victory against World No. 1 Magnus Carlsen at the Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour in Las Vegas. The 19 -year -old defeated the Norwegian champion in just 39 moves during his round 4 clash at the group stage. The match was played in the salary increase time control format of 10-second more than 10 minutes, observed that Praggananandha expanded his impressive record against Carlson. Already beating him classical, fast and after beating him in blitz formats, this latest win makes it a clean sweep in all formats for the young star. Carlson, who previously won the Grand Slam events in Paris and Carlsaruhe and led the overall tour standing, is now out of the title controversy in Las Vegas. He finished fourth in Group White and lost a playoff against Levon Aaronian, dropping him into a lower bracket. The best he can end now is third. Meanwhile, with Pragganandha, Nodirbek Abdusattorov and Javokhir Sindarov, holds a joint lead in group white with 4.5 points. His run consisted of a draw with Abdusatorov, win over Bibisara Asbayeva and Vincent Kimar, and was very upset over Carlsen. Carlson started the day with two wins but struggled in half part. Pragnanandha and Vesley were defeated, combined with two draws, he needed to win in the final round. Although he managed to defeat Asabayeva, he was dropped by Aaronian in both playoff games. In the Black Group, Hikaru Nakamura was the chief, scoring 6/7. Hans Neeman also proceeded with Fabiano Caruana and Arjun Erigasi. Caruana, who drew her first six matches, won a significant victory against Neemon in the final round for merit.