Photo Of The Day: Beating the best

Last Updated: Feb 22, 2022, 15:51 IST1 min

A handout photograph shows the Indian chess prodigy R Praggnanandhaa at Velammal School in Chennai in 2018. This 16-year-old grandmaster spread a wave of shock across the chess world when he beat his own hero, the world No.1 Magnus Carlsen with black pieces in the eighth round of Airthing Masters online rapid chess tournament on February 21, 2022.

Image: Handout / Velammal School / AFP