Young Indian Grandmaster R Praggnanandhaa stunned world no 1 Magnus Carlsen in the eighth round of the Airthings Masters, an online rapid chess tournament. He won with black pieces in 39 moves in a Tarrasch variation game early on Monday to halt Carlsen's run of three straight wins.
The Airthings Masters is a 16-player online rapid tournament in which a player gets three points for a win and one for a draw in the preliminary rounds. Seven more rounds remain in the preliminary phase.
