Grandmaster Karthikeyan Murali pulled off an amazing achievement as he became the third Indian to beat world champion Magnus Carlsen. Murali defeated the Norwegian with black pieces in the seventh round of the Qatar Masters 2023. Karthikeyan capitalised on an error from Carlsen to clinch the win as he became the second Indian to get the better of the Norwegian in classical chess after Viswanathan Anand. The other Indian to have scored a win over Carlsen is Pentala Harikrishna who did it in 2005. Asian Games 2023 Gold Medalists Muhammed Ajmal, Muhammed Anas Yahiya Receive Warm Welcome in Kochi.
GM Karthiyekan Murali Defeats Magnus Carlsen
Overall, GM @KarthikeyanM64 is the 3rd Indian player to defeat Magnus Carlsen, as GM Pentala @HariChess defeated Magnus at Lausanne Young Masters, 2005.
But after Magnus became the World no. 1, Karthikeyan is only the second Indian player to defeat him in classical chess!
— ChessBase India (@ChessbaseIndia) October 18, 2023
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