Grand Master Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu loved a memorable Wednesday as he registered his first-ever victory over the reigning world No. 1 Grand Master Magnus Carlsen within the third spherical of the continued Norway Chess 2024 match.
Praggnanandhaa is now main the match with USA’s Fabiano Caruana in second place following his win over China’s Ding Liren.
USA’s GM Christopher Hikaru Nakamura felt the urge to take extra possibilities in opposition to the kids led to Carlsen’s undoing in opposition to Praggnanandhaa.
“I wish Magnus would take these chances against me or against Fabi. I have this theory that when Magnus is playing the younger kids specifically he wants to sort of prove a point, he wants to go after them and try to beat them and he takes far more risks than he does against us old folks!” Nakamura was quoted as saying by Chess.com.
“I kind of feel that I have enough experience at this level and I can beat these players, but I have to play my best for that and that’s what I’m trying to do. That’s kind of the mindset,” Praggnanandhaa was quoted as saying by Chess.com.
Round 3 Results
- Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu 3-0 Magnus Carlsen
- Fabiano Caruana 3-0 Ding Liren
- Hikaru Nakamura 1.5-1 Alireza Firouza
- Anna Muzychuk 1-1.5 Vaishali Rameshbabu
- Pia Cramling 1-1.5 Ju Wenjun
- Koneru Humpy 1.5-1 Lei Tingjie
“I’m feeling good. The game was quite interesting. I got a very good position from the opening. I kind of misplayed it at some point. I allowed bishop e3, f6… then I was told that I still played correctly. Maybe I was better throughout the game,” the Indian Grand Master was quoted as saying by The Indian Express.
However, Praggnanandhaa did not appear very happy along with his efforts regardless of the win and needs to push more durable.
“I don’t know, I will have to check. I didn’t think I played really well. I did find some best moves. It’s not my best game for sure,” he talked about.
