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The 16-year-old had defeated world champion Magnus Carlsen earlier in the online tournament.

Chennai, May 23 (PTI): Young Indian Grandmaster R Praggnanandhaa defeated compatriot and GM Vidit Gujrathi to book a spot in the quarterfinals of the Meltwater Champions Chess Tour Chessable Masters 2022 online tournament. The win in the 15th and final round of the preliminaries late on Sunday saw the teenaged GM knock Gujrathi out of contention. The 16-year-old Praggnanandhaa will take on Wei Yi of China in the quarterfinals. Praggnanandhaa, who created a stir by beating world No.1 Magnus Carlsen of Norway earlier in the sixth round, scored 25 points to finish fourth behind Anish Giri (the Ne...

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Wei Yi continues to lead the standings in the preliminary stage of the Chessable Masters, as he collected two wins and two draws in Friday’s rounds. David Anton and Magnus Carlsen are sharing second place three points back. Carlsen kicked off the day with a loss — for a second time in the tour, the world champion was defeated by 16-year-old Indian prodigy Praggnanandhaa.

After four rounds at the preliminaries of the Chessable Masters, 22-year-old Wei Yi is leading the standings table on 10/12 points. Three of the favourites stand two points behind — Magnus Carlsen, Ding Liren and Anish Giri. The 16-player online tournament is played with a football scoring system. Half the players will move on to the knockout stage from the single round-robin set to run until Sunday. | Photo: Niki Riga