Praggnanandhaa registered his first classical win over world number-1 Carlsen | Praggnanandhaa defeats Carlsen in Norway chess tournament: First classical win over World No. 1 Magnus; Praganananda got 5.5 marks out of 9

R Praggnanandha (left) and Magnus Carlsen during the match.

Indian Grandmaster R Praggnanandhaa has registered a big win in the Norway Chess Tournament being played in Stavanger. In the third round of this tournament, R Praggnanandhaa defeated World No. 1 Magnus Carlsen and registered his first classical format victory over this giant.

Praggnanandhaa, who was the runner-up in last year’s FIDE World Cup, performed brilliantly while playing with the white pieces. At the end of the third round, Praggnanandhaa has scored 5.5 points out of 9 and he is at number one in the tournament of 6 players. Carlsen has slipped to fifth place with 3 points.

Earlier, Praggnanandhaa had registered wins over Carlsen in rapid and blitz chess formats.

At the end of the third round of the Norway Chess Tournament, Praggnanandhaa has scored 5.5 points out of 9.

What is the classical format in chess?
Rapid, Blitz and Classical are the formats of chess. Classical game means the player has to make the initial 40 moves within 90 minutes. Winning a game gives one point, while in case of a draw each player is given half a point. After 2 classical games, the player with more points is declared the winner.

If there are equal points after 2 classical games, the winner is decided by rapid round. The rapid round consists of four games of 15 minutes each. In this too, one point is given for winning each game and half a point in case of a tie. If a champion is not decided by the rapid round, then blitz chess is played. There is a game of 3-3 minutes in blitz format. The player who wins in this is declared the champion.

In the Rapid format, each player must complete all the moves within 10 to 60 minutes, and in the Blitz, each player must complete all the moves in a time limit of 10 minutes or less.

Father works in bank, mother housewife
Praggnananda was born on 10 August 2005 in Chennai. His father works in State Corporation Bank, while mother Nagalakshmi is a housewife. He has an elder sister, Vaishali R. Vaishali also plays chess.

Praggnananda’s name first came into limelight when he won the World Youth Chess Championship at the age of 7. He then received the title of Federation International des Athletics (FIDE) Master.

Praggnananda became the youngest International Master of Chess in 2016 at the age of 10. He became a Grandmaster at the age of 12 and became the youngest Indian to achieve this title. In this matter, Praggnananda broke the record of veteran Indian chess player Viswanathan Anand. Earlier, he had also won the title of Youngest International Master in 2016. He was only 10 years old then. Players with the highest category in chess are called Grandmasters. The category below this is International Master.

Youngest Grandmaster
Praggnanandha, a resident of Chennai, had achieved the prestigious title of Grandmaster in 2018. He was the youngest player in India to achieve this feat and the second youngest in the world at that time.