Las vegas freestyle chess tournament: Youth Chase Grandmaster R Pragyananda, who is leading the Indian contingent at the Las Vegas Freestyle Chase Grand Slam, defeated Norway’s Grandmaster and World No-1 player Magnus Carlson in the fourth round. It is considered one of the biggest win of Pragyananda’s career, where he won the match against Carlson in only 39 tricks.

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At the Freestyle Chase Grand Slam, Indian Grandmaster R Pragyananda performed a tremendous demonstration against Magnus Carlson. He won all three format classical, rapid and blitz. Pragyananda defeated Carlson in the fourth round with 10 minutes plus 10 second increment time control. Winned in the fourth round and scored 4.5 points. After which he has managed to get the top position jointly in the white group with eight players.

Let me tell you that in the tournament, Pragyanand started his campaign against Nodirbek Abdotsattorov, but this match was a draw. After this, in the second round, the Indian Grandmaster defeated Asaubayeva. Pragyananda then won against Kimer in the third round, playing with black pieces. At the same time, in the fourth round, he was successful in defeating world number-1 player Carlson.