India’s R Pragyanand defeated top chess player Magnus Carlsen in the Superbet fast and superfast chess tournament. With this, Magnus Carlsen stayed away from the top spot in the points table. After the match, Magnus Carlsen himself said how deeply this game against Pragyananda had affected him.
Even after Magnus Carlsen was defeated by Pragyanand, he remained in the third position. Magnus Carlsen is now second with 18 points. China’s Wei Yi is leading and his lead has increased by 2.5 points afterMagnus Carlsen’s defeat. Sunday was the final day of the Warsaw leg of the Grand Chess Tour Superbet fast and superfast chess tournament.
Magnus Carlsen revealed about his 11th round clash against Pragyanand, “I fell a bit short today. I had a good start. As the game progressed a bit, my head went numb so I fumbled. My score is still good. But if Wei Yi keeps playing well, my score won’t matter,” Carlsen told grandmaster Christian Chirilla four hours after the match.
Carlsen’s frustration and irritation was evident in the second game against Uzbek GM Nodirbek Abdusatorov. On the way to victory against Abdusatorov, Karlsson ran into a time crunch and made a mistake. Finally he jumped up in his seat and was seen throwing his hands in the air in frustration. “I was numb for a few seconds,” Carlson later admitted.
Importantly, after his victory over Magnus Carlsen, Pragyananda also faced defeats. The 18-year-old Indian trailed third-ranked Magnus Carlsen by just one point, but lost his next two matches after defeating the world number one.
