Chess: India’s 16-year-old Grandmaster D Gukesh defeated world number one Magnus Carlsen
Gukesh becomes youngest player to beat world champion
A big news has come out for India from the field of chess. India’s 16-year-old Grandmaster D Gukesh achieved a stellar feat by defeating world number one Magnus Carlsen in the ninth round of the Amches Online Rapid Chess Tournament. With this, he now became the youngest player to beat the world champion. Gukesh’s age is 16 years four months and 20 days. The previous record was held by R Praggnanandhaa, who was 16 years, six months and 10 days old when he defeated Carlsen at the AirThings Masters in February.
Defeated the world champion in 29 moves
Let us tell you that Gukesh of Chennai defeated world number one player Magnus Carlsen in a total of 29 moves while playing with white pieces. Meltwater Champions Chess Tour tweeted about this, “Gukesh becomes youngest player to beat world champion Carlsen. Well done.
World champion lost to other players too
Significantly, just a day before this upset, 19-year-old Arjun Arigesi of India also defeated world number one Carlsen. Arigesi also has 21 points and is in fourth place. On the other hand, Vidit Gujrathi is ranked 10th and is out of the race for knockout. Aditya Mittal, who defeated Arigesi in the 12th round, is ranked 12th as he lost his last three matches. While P Harikrishna, who won the lone match, is in 15th place.
