Indian Grandmaster Vidit Gujrati upsets world champion Magnus Carlsen
Indian Grandmaster Vidit Gujrati caused an upset by defeating the reigning world champion Magnus Carlsen of Norway in a Pro Chess League match. In this way he became the fourth Indian to win over Carlsen. It was his first win over Carlsen. Playing for the ‘Indian Yogis’, Gujrati took full advantage of the mistakes committed by world number one Carlsen. Carlsen is playing in the ‘Pro Chess League’ for ‘Canadian Chessbras’. There are 16 teams playing rapid games in this online tournament for teams from all over the world.
Gujrathi (28 years old) won by playing with the black pieces and got a technical victory over his opponent. “It’s a great feeling to beat the ‘GOAT’ of chess and I couldn’t have asked for a better moment,” Gujrati said after his victory over five-time defending world champion Carlsen. . Thus after defeating Carlsen, he joined the ranks of fellow Indian Grandmasters R Praggnananda, D Gukesh and Arjun Erigey.
Before him, all three Indians had won over the Norwegian superstar in 2022 in various competitions. In the Pro Chess League match, Gujarati-led Indian team consisting of Vaishali, Raunak and Aronyak registered victories over Carlsen, Aryan Tari, Rajwan Preotu and Jennifer Yu before reaching the final round. According to the format, the first team to score 8.5 points wins the match. Indian Yogis won all the four boards.
