New Delhi, India's Grandmaster R Praggnanandhaa added a sensational victory over international No. 1 Magnus Carlsen at the Freestyle Chess Grand Slam tour in Las Vegas.

The 19-yr-antique outplayed the 5-time international champion in just 39 actions.

Norwegian Grandmaster Carlsen, who recently confronted consecutive defeats on the arms of India's reigning global champion D Gukesh, suffered any other setback as he became overwhelmed with the aid of 19-year-antique R Praggnanandhaa in round four of the institution stage at an ongoing event featuring a 10-minute plus 10-second increment time manage.

Praggnanandhaa, who has already won three tournaments this 12 months, has now defeated Carlsen in all 3 formats - Classical, rapid, and Blitz. The indian pridigy now lhold a joint lead within the the 8-player organization White, with four.5 points.

Praggnanandhaa started out by gambling out a draw towards Abdusattorov with Black, accompanied by using a win against Assaubayeva. In round three, he defeated Keymer in spite of maintaining Black portions earlier than lovely Carlsen.

But, Carlsen, the winner of the Freestyle Chess Grand Slam activities in paris and Karlsruhe and general tour chief, has been knocked out of name rivalry in Las Vegas.

After a turbulent day within the round-robin phase, Carlsen completed shared fourth in his group and was eliminated in a playoff through Levon Aronian. He now dropped into the decrease bracket, in which he can end no higher than 1/3.

The event's first day, in the ballroom of the Wynn Las Vegas motel, featured  8-player spherical-robins - the White institution and the Black group - with the top four from every advancing to the top bracket. The lowest 4 proceed to a placement bracket, fighting for final ratings and prize money, but now not in competition for the Vegas name.

Carlsen opened with two wins however then hit a wall. Losses to Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu and Wesley So, in conjunction with  draws, left him desiring a win in the final round just to force a tiebreak. He beat Bibisara Assaubayeva but then misplaced each playoff video games to Aronian, who clinched the final qualifying spot.

Within the identical organization, Praggnanandhaa, Nodirbek Abdusattorov, and Javokhir Sindarov secured four.5/7 every to pinnacle the table. Aronian accompanied with four factors, edging out Carlsen.

In the Black group, Hikaru Nakamura changed into dominant with 6/7. Hans Niemann, who commenced strongly with four.five/5, additionally superior along Fabiano Caruana and arjun Erigaisi. Caruana had drawn his first six games before beating Niemann in a must-win final round.

With the U.S. debut of Freestyle Chess underway at the Wynn Las Vegas, sixteen players now flow directly to the knockout degree. 1/2 of them - such as Carlsen and Keymer - will ought to combat from below. The rest are one step in the direction of the USD 200,000 first prize.

On thursday wee will see the quarterfinals, after which the losing gamers within the higher bracket might be entering into the lower bracket. The winners will hold fighting for the USD 2 hundred,000 first prize.

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