Magnus Carlsen Nine -year -old Indian Aarit Kapil has achieved a remarkable draw against World No. 1 Magnus Carlsen in the online chess tournament “Early called Tuesday”.Aarit, who recently ended up as a finalist at the National Championship under 9, dominated the game against the five -time World Championship and was in a loss of position.The time pressure eventually prevented the young Indian from transforming its advantages, which led to a draw in Rook versus two smaller pieces of the end game.The boy from Delhi took part in the event from Georgia, where he is currently competing at the World Championship under 10 years.He won his first two rounds and will continue his third game on Wednesday.Indian Player in Pranav won the tournament “Early called Tuesday” with 10 points out of 11.American Grand Master Hans Moke Niemann and Carlsen tied to 9.5 points, claiming the second place to Tiebreak.Magnus Carlsen recently achieved a historical rating of 2900 in Freestyle Chess, a milestone who never reached any format.
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Carlsen, who held the world position for almost 15 years, had previously achieved his top classic chess rating 2882 in May 2014.The new Freestyle Chess ranking is now managed by the Freestyle Chess Organization, separately from FIDE, Global Chess.“My wife (Ella Victoria) is now much attracted to 2900,” said Carlsen Freestyle Chess and joked after he learned about his evaluation.
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The freestyle calculation included five tournaments: Weissenhaus 2024, Singapore 2024, Weissenhaus 2025, Paris 2025 and Karlsruhe 2025, covering 578 players who competed in at least one event in two years.Indian Chess Prodigy Pragggnanandhaa ranks fourth with 2773 points, after Carlsen (2909), Hikaru Nakamura (2818) and Fabiano Caruana (2804).
