Magnus’s menace: How young Indian Grandmasters are proving to be his toughest challengers

Magnus’s menace: How young Indian Grandmasters are proving to be his toughest challengers

Though he remains the world’s top-ranked player across formats and is still a force to be reckoned with, Magnus Carlsen has been on the losing side fairly frequently in recent months. And it’s one group of players in particular that have accounted for those losses more than any other – young Indian GMs.

Magnus Carlsen has lost to D Gukesh and R Praggnanandhaa in the last couple of months, including in the ongoing Freestyle Chess Las Vegas. Image credit: Grand Chess Tour/Norway Chess/Tata Steel Chess