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15-year-old Indian prodigy Vandan Sawai beats Magnus Carlsen in online blitz
15-year-old Indian prodigy Vandan Sawai beats Magnus Carlsen in online blitz
Delhi teenager Vandan Alankar Sawai, 15, defeated five-time world chess champion Magnus Carlsen in the second round of chess.com's weekly Titled Tuesday event. Playing with white pieces in a five-minute blitz game,…
Delhi teenager Vandan Alankar Sawai, 15, defeated five-time world chess champion Magnus Carlsen in the second round of chess.com's weekly Titled Tuesday event. Playing with white pieces in a five-minute blitz game, Sawai took down the world No. 1 in 50 moves using the Centre Attack of the Giuoco Piano.
Sawai, a Candidate Master with a FIDE rating of 2288, holds a chess.com blitz rating of 2810. His mother introduced him to the game when he was younger. Though the win has brought him attention, Sawai has not yet decided whether to pursue chess full time, his immediate goal is to become an International Master.
His family is planning a trip to Amritsar to offer prayers at the Golden Temple in celebration of the achievement.
Indian Opinion Analysis
Beating Magnus Carlsen in any time control is rare, even top grandmasters lose only a handful of blitz games to him each year. For a Candidate Master rated nearly 600 points below Carlsen's classical rating, the win is statistically remarkable. Sawai's next milestone will be earning the International Master title, which requires three norms and a rating of 2400. The Chess Federation of India tracks such prodigies through its development programs, though no formal announcement about Sawai's progress has been made yet.
Source: timesnownews.com
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