India Grand slam master and teen sensation stunned World Number-1, Magnus Carlsen twice in three days at the Las Vegas Freestyle Chess tournament.
July 20, 2025: India Grand slam master and teen sensation stunned World Number-1, Magnus Carlsen twice in three days at the Las Vegas Freestyle Chess tournament. The Indian master has earlier registered a victory over the world number-1, in a classification game for the quarter-final spots. With this fresh win, Praggnanandhaa finished in third place at the event.
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Praggnanandhaa was playing white pieces as he forced five-time world champion Carlsen to resign in 43 moves in the first game on Saturday. On the fourth rank, the Indian grandmaster had three central pawns lined up next to each other.
On his 18th move, Carlsen decided to sacrifice his queen in return of Praggnanandhaa bishop and knight. However, Praggnanandhaa was unable to capitalise on the opportunity and Carlsen roared back into the game in no time.
It was in the 41st move that Praggnanandhaa was able to gain a lead again and at that stage, checkmate was all but sealed for Carlsen, and hence, the World No.1 resigned.
Earlier this week, Praggnanandhaa defeated Carlsen in 39 moves at the Las Vegas Freestyle tournament. The Norwegian then suffered another loss to Levon Aronian, which knocked him out of the race to qualify for the Winners’ Bracket.
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Pragnanandhaa was just 16 years old when he registered his first victory over Carlsen at the Champions Chess Tour in 2022. However, it was in 2024 that he registered his first classical win over the five-time champion at Norway Chess.