Which Indian chess player defeated Magnus Carlsen in the Norway Chess Blitz Tournament?

Correct option is B

The correct answer is (b) R. Praggnanandhaa.

Key Points:

• Grandmaster of Chess Rameshbabu “Pragg” Praggnanandhaa was born in India on August 10, 2005.
• He was a chess prodigy who became the second-youngest grandmaster at the time at age 12 after becoming the youngest international master at age 10 at the time.
• He defeated world number one chess champion, Magnus Carlsen, of Norway, at the age of 16 in a rapid game in 2022, at the Airthings Masters Rapid tournament of the Champions Chess Tour 2022.
• After the legendary chess players P. Harikrishna and Viswanathan Anand, he is the third Indian to defeat Magnus Carlsen. He makes history as the youngest player to ever do so.
• He again defeated Carlsen in the Chessable Masters online rapid chess competition in May 2022, his second victory against him in three months.
• After Abhimanyu Mishra, Sergey Karjakin, Gukesh D., and Javokhir Sindarov, Praggnanandhaa is the fifth person under the age of 30 to hold the title of Grandmaster.

Additional Information:

• Vidit Gujrathi is an Indian chess player. He attained the title of Grandmaster in 2013.
• Parimarjan Negi is an Indian chess grandmaster who achieved the grandmaster title at the age of 13 years, 4 months, and 20 days, making him the sixth youngest grandmaster in history.
• In 2010, Parimarjan was honoured with the Arjuna Award by the Indian government.
• World’s second youngest Grandmaster D. Gukesh won the $15,000 Gelfand Challenge chess title in June 2021. With this win, he has also won a ‘wild card’ for the elite Meltwaters Champions Chess Tour.