Indian chess grandmaster Karthikeyan Murali delivered
a spectacular blow to world’s number one player Magnus Carlsen.
Victory of the 24 years’ old in in this remarkable feat
of classical chess format at the ongoing Qatar Masters marked only the third
instance where an Indian player emerged triumphant against Carlsen.
He joins Pentala Harikrishna, who defeated Carlsen in
2005 when Carlsen was 14 years old, and Viswanathan Anand, the only other
Indian player to have defeated Carlsen.
Karthikeyan’s win took place in the seventh round of
the tournament, where he skilfully wielded the black pieces.
With this significant triumph, he joined the ranks of
other leading players such as SL Narayan, Javokhir Sindarov, David Paravyan,
Arjun Erigaisi, and Nodirbek Yakubboev, all of whom held a outstanding score of
5.5 out of 7.
This two-time national champion hailing from Tamil
Nadu’s Thanjavur, displayed flawless gameplay and adeptly compensated for a
draw against Parham Maghsoodloo of Iran in the tournament’s sixth round.
NE Watch Desk
