Indian teenage chess grandmaster Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa received reward Tuesday for a shocking victory over world primary Magnus Carlsen in an internet championship.
Praggnanandhaa, 16, who in 2016 grew to become the youngest worldwide grasp in historical past at age 10, beat Carlsen late on Monday on the Airthings Masters speedy chess event.
"It is about time to go to mattress as I do not assume I'll have dinner at 2.30 within the morning," a visibly calm Praggnanandhaa stated after the 39-move victory enjoying black.
Others have crushed Carlsen -- together with Indians Viswanathan Anand and Pentala Harikrishna -- however Praggnanandhaa is the youngest for the reason that Norwegian grew to become world champion in 2013.
Anand, a five-time world champion and acclaimed as the best chess participant India has produced, tweeted: "At all times happy with our abilities! Superb day for @rpragchess."
Indian cricket famous person Sachin Tendulkar additionally joined within the reward for Chennai-born Praggnanandhaa, broadly thought to be a future world title challenger.
"What an exquisite feeling it should be for Pragg. All of 16, and to have crushed the skilled & embellished Magnus Carlsen, and that too whereas enjoying black, is magical!," Tendulkar wrote on Twitter.
"Greatest needs on an extended & profitable chess profession forward. You've got made India proud!"
Carlsen, 31, appeared to blunder within the Meltwater Champions Chess Tour occasion for a complete prize pool of over $1.5 million.
On Monday, Carlsen had stated he was nonetheless feeling the after-effects of a current coronavirus an infection.
"It was higher at present, however the first couple of days, I used to be feeling like I'm okay however I haven't got any power and it was sort of arduous to focus," Carlsen stated.
Carlsen received his fifth straight world chess title in December, overcoming Ian Nepomniachtchi in a contest that noticed the Russian lose his nerve after shedding an epic eight-hour recreation, the longest ever performed at a world championships.
The teenager's victory follows an underwhelming efficiency within the event to this point the place his earlier victory got here within the eighth spherical over grandmaster Levon Aronian.
"His outcomes prior to now six months has swung between extremes," Praggnanandhaa's coach RB Ramesh was quoted as saying on ESPN.
"The fluctuation might be worrying and must be stabilised. This win towards Magnus is vital. Beating one of many strongest gamers in chess historical past is a large second for him."
