Karthikeyan Murali Becomes 3rd Indian to Beat Magnus Carlsen in Classical Chess

Carlsen took a gamble which backfired, whereas the Indian was rewarded for soldiering on in the face of severe time trouble, always finding decent moves barely seconds before his time had run out.

“It was very exciting playing Magnus for the first time. I had never played him before this. He has a good edge in the opening but it was quite unclear. My approach was to complicate matters,” the 24-year-old later said to the media channel of the tournament.

Talking about battling under time trouble, he said: “I just kept thinking I shouldn’t make a blunder.”