Gukesh D beats Carlsen : 16 year old Indian Prodigy beats Carlsen in Aimchess Rapid Tournament

16-year-old India no.2 Gukesh D takes down the World Champion Magnus Carlsen in the 9th round of #AimchessRapid. In the “Magnus beating prodigy club” India now has 3 young Indian talents i.e. Pragg, Arjun and now Gukesh. Conclusively it can be stated that these three young talents will be in the nightmares of Magnus Carlsen and the witticism of "Anish Giri". 

With this feat Gukesh has become the youngest player to defeat the “ultimate chess boss” breaking the previous record of Praggnanandhaa. He beats Carlsen at the age of 16 years 4 months 20 days in the Aimchess Rapid. He overtook Praggnanandhaa’s record set on February 20 in the Airthings Masters. Pragg was 16 years 6 months and 10 days old back then.Before Prag, we only had Viswanathan Anand to beat the world champion. 

Famed Chess Commentator Sahil Tickoo has tweeted “Another One! Gukesh defeats Carlsen! Carlsen's expressions are the best in the world, period”

Notably, in round seven Arjun Erigaisi another 18-year-old chess prodigy had beaten the world champion. This means this is the second loss of Carlsen to young Indian talents in this tournament. itself  The win over Norwegian superstar Carlsen in the seventh round early on Sunday was Arjun’s first over the world champion.

In round 4, GM Aditya Mittal, same age as of Gukesh, held the world champion to draw. 

Another Indian player Vidit Gujrathi had an impressive win over world rapid champion Abdusattorov but draws against Grandelius and Naroditsky and a defeat at the hands of Carlsen pegged him back.

Vidit is currently India’s no 3 player and all his chess fans have been waiting for so long to defeat Carlsen once.

The Gukesh-Carlsen game can be accessed by clicking here. 

The Aimchess Rapid tournament is part of the Meltwater Champions Tour and features 16 players, including five from India.