Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, M.K. Stalin extended his congratulations to chess prodigy, R Praggnanandhaa who defeated chess legend, Magnus Carlsen in the eighth round of rapid online chess competition, Airthings Masters.
The Chief Minister in a statement on social media said, “My heartiest Congratulations to 16-year-old Grandmaster, R. Pragngnanandhaa from Tamil Nadu, who has surprised the world by defeating the world’s best chess player Carlsen who had defeated Supercomputer and who he had admired. May you get many more victories."
சூப்பர் கம்ப்யூட்டரையே தோற்கடித்த - தான் பார்த்து வியந்த உலகின் சிறந்த #Chess ஆட்டக்காரரான கார்ல்சனை வீழ்த்தி ஒட்டுமொத்த உலகையே திகைப்பில் ஆழ்த்தியுள்ள தமிழ்நாட்டைச் சேர்ந்த 16 வயது #GrandMaster @rpragchess-க்கு எனது மனமார்ந்த பாராட்டுகள். மென்மேலும் வெற்றிகள் குவியட்டும். pic.twitter.com/aLpDfV4uzB— M.K.Stalin (@mkstalin) February 22, 2022
It may be noted that Viswanathan Anand and Harikrishna are the only other Indian players who have defeated Carlsen.
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