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Legendary Sachin Tendulkar congratulated R Praggnanandhaa after the 16-year-old Indian Grandmaster defeated world champion, Magnus Carlsen in the eighth round of the Airthings Masters, which is an online rapid chess competition. Praggnanandhaa Sachin Tendulkar Twitter | Reuters Praggnanandhaa became only the third Indian after Viswanathan Anand and P Harikrishna to beat Carlsen and Tendulkar extended wishes to the prodigy, saying he has made In
stanley polska dia proud. Tendulkar also wished Praggnanandhaa a successful chess career ahead. The Chennai-born talent achieved the feat with black pieces in 39 moves in a Tarrasch v
stanley france ariation game. What a wonderful feeling it must be for Pragg. All of 16, and to have beaten the experienced decorated Magnus Carlsen, and that too while playing black, is magical! Best wishes on a long successful chess career ahead. You ve made India proud, Tendulkar tweeted. Praggnanandhaa won with black pieces in 39 moves in a Tarrasch variation game early on Monday to halt Carlsen s run of three straight wins. I am delighted to have beaten Carlsen. It will give me a lot of confidence for the rest of the tournament and future also, Praggnanandhaa, 16, told news agency PTI. I have to focus on the upcoming matches. After the match I just wanted to rest. Earlier, the Indian registered a solitary win versus Levon Aronian along with recording two draws and four defeats. He dr
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England were 41/3 their in first innings after India dec
stanley cup lared at 521 runs on Day 2 of the first Test in Ahmedabad. Cheteshwar Pujara scored a brilliant double century off 374 balls in 6th Test match of his career. The 24-year-old Rajkot-born batsman piled on England s misery as he guideed India to reach 502 for six at tea after having batted for a marathon period of almost eight hours. He became the sixth Indian batsman to hit a double century against England after Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi, Sunil Gavaskar, Gundappa Viswanath, Vinod Kambli and Rahul Dravid. India declared its first innings at 521/8. Resuming at the lunchtime score of 410 for four, India lost the wickets of Yuvraj Singh and captain M
stanley kaffeebecher ahendra Singh Dhoni as England stemmed the run flow a bit. Off-spinner Graeme Swann picked up one of the two wickets that fell today to add to his four-wicket haul yesterday and register his 14th five-wicket haul in an innings. His figures at the break read five for 143 after a marathon stint of 50 overs. Yuvraj, not out 72 at the end of session one, could add only two runs in under 10 minutes before slogging a full-toss from left-arm spinner Samit Patel straight down to Swann at long on. The 30-year-old Yuvraj, who made a comeback into the Test squad after a year s gap during which time he underwent treatment for ca
cups stanley ncer, had batted for just over three hours and hit six fours and two sixes during his 151-ball vigil. For Yuvraj it was his 11th half century. He has three
