Praggnanandhaa Downs Magnus Carlsen To Zoom To Sole Lead At Las Vegas Freestyle Chess
The win over the Norwegian icon, Carlsen, took Pragg's tally to 3.5 points thus far from a possible four at the event in the United States of America.
Indian GM R Praggnanandhaa got the better of Magnus Carlsen in the fourth round of Rapid to take the sole lead at the Las Vegas Freestyle Chess Tournament on Thursday.
The win over the Norwegian icon, Carlsen, took Pragg's tally to 3.5 points thus far from a possible four at the event in the United States of America.
The last 6 minutes of Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa beating Magnus Carlsen to take sole lead in his group at Freestyle Chess Las Vegas!Enjoy as Sagar, Amruta and Harshit commentate on this game – it's 4 AM in India now! pic.twitter.com/NcWA2xvcvY
— ChessBase India (@ChessbaseIndia) July 16, 2025
Pragg, who played with white pieces on the day took a thrilling win to inch to the top of the leaderboard with three rounds of Rapid Chess to be played. The four players from the two groups will make it to the winners bracket.
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