Las Vegas Freestyle Chess: Praggnanandhaa Downs Magnus Carlsen Second Time In Three Days
Indian GM Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa posted a win over Norwegian World No.1 Magnus Carlsen in the classification games for third place at the Las Vegas Freestyle Chess event on Sunday.
Pragg had got the better of Carlsen in the classification games for the quarterfinal spot a couple of days earlier.
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