Qatar Maasters: Magnus Carlsen crumbles against Karthikeyan Murali

In Qatar Masters, the 24-year-old Indian chess grandmaster, Karthikeyan Murali, became the third Indian player to beat the world's number one player, Magnus Carlsen in classical chess on Thursday.. Karthikeyan Murali is the third Indian after Harikrishna and Viswanathan Anand to have beaten Carlsen.Karthikeyan's win occurred in the seventh round of the tournament, where he skillfully 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 remarkable score of 5.5 out of 7.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has congratulated Karthikeyan Murali.  In a tweet Modi said that his success has made India very proud.

Congratulations, @KarthikeyanM64 who has excelled at the Qatar Masters 2023! His success has made India very proud.

He has achieved the incredible feat of defeating the reigning chess champion and the World No. 1, Magnus Carlsen.

May he keep up the fantastic work, and wishing… pic.twitter.com/YBJlHsvpcH

— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) October 19, 2023

Since Magnus Carlsen became World no.1, Vishy Anand has been the only Indian to beat him in a Classical rated game. Thus, Karthikeyan Murali became the second Indian to achieve that feat. IM Vaishali R drew against GM Aditya Mittal to continue her quest towards the final GM-norm.