A 15-year-old chess prodigy shocked Magnus Carlsen in a web-based blitz sport and did not even trouble to inform his dad and mom. Vandan Alankar Sawai did not inform anybody after he obtained previous the world No. 1 and went straight to sleep along with his father solely discovering out the outcome the subsequent day.
In a significant upset on August 18, Candidate Grasp Andan (FIDE Classical Score 2,288) defeated Carlsen (FIDE Classical Score 2823) in 50 strikes throughout Chess.com’s Titled Tuesday. Whereas checking his Chess.com profile, his father found that his son had crushed the Chess legend. After defeating Carlsen, Vandan performed two extra rounds and ended the day with three wins and one defeat.
Vandan insisted he was shocked when Carlsen made the error and capitalised on it to grind out his greatest victory to this point. Chatting with Rediff.com, Vandan stated, “I did not have something to lose and the whole lot to realize. I made a decision to play a snug sport and opened with my typical pawn transfer, e4, whereas taking part in with the white items.”
Later, his mom, Dr Madhuri Alankar Sawai, revealed that Vandan was reluctant to take part, however they had been persistent about it. “Vandan was reluctant to take part within the occasion. We pressured him to play.”
This isn’t the primary time Carlsen was crushed by a chess prodigy. R Praggnanandhaa defeated the Norwegian GM in a fast sport on the Champions Chess Tour in 2022. Regardless of defeating Carlsen, Vandan is just not positive whether or not to select up chess as a profession, as he opined that different youngsters have turn out to be GMs at this age.
He might be one to be careful for the longer term.
