16-Year-Old Chess Prodigy Destroys the World Champion in Chess

Pranav Venkatesh is a Young Indian chess prodigy from Chennai, Tamil Nadu. He came to the limelight after completing a GM norm in Limpedea Open and was titled as 75th Grand Master from India.
In the Titled Tuesday on chess.com he outplayed the world champion in chess Magnus Carlsen with a thematic knight sacrifice.

PGN OF THE GAME:

[Event “Live Chess”]
[Site “Chess.com”]
[Date “2023.02.28”]
[Round “?”]
[White “vi_pranav”]
[Black “MagnusCarlsen”]
[Result “1-0”]
[WhiteElo “3037”]
[BlackElo “3221”]
[Variant “Standard”]
[TimeControl “180+1”]
[ECO “C84”]
[Opening “Ruy Lopez: Closed, Martinez Variation”]
[Termination “Unknown”]
[Annotator “lichess.org”]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 { C84 Ruy Lopez: Closed, Martinez Variation } b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. Nc3 d6 9. a3 h6 10. h3 Rb8 11. Be3 Re8 12. Re1 Bf8 13. d4 exd4 14. Nxd4 Bb7?! { (-0.26 → 0.45) Inaccuracy. Na5 was best. } (14… Na5 15. Bd5) 15. Nf5 Ne5 16. f3 c5 17. Bf2 c4 18. Ba2 d5 19. f4? { (-0.42 → -1.69) Mistake. exd5 was best. } (19. exd5) 19… Ng6 20. e5 Ne4? { (-1.21 → 0.19) Mistake. d4 was best. } (20… d4 21. exf6) 21. Nxe4 dxe4 22. Qg4 Qd2?! { (0.00 → 1.05) Inaccuracy. h5 was best. } (22… h5 23. Qg3 Qd7 24. Qg5 Qd8) 23. Be3 Qxc2 24. Re2 Qa4 25. Rf1 Rbd8 26. Nxh6+ gxh6 27. f5 Bc8 28. e6 Rd1?? { (2.04 → 9.99) Blunder. Rxe6 was best. } (28… Rxe6 29. fxe6) 29. exf7+ Kxf7 30. Qxg6+ Ke7 31. Bc5+ Kd8 32. Bb6+ Kd7 33. b3? { (8.60 → 4.41) Mistake. Qf7+ was best. } (33. Qf7+ Re7 34. Qxf8 Rxf1+ 35. Kxf1 Qd1+ 36. Kf2 Qd6 37. Be3 Re8 38. Qxh6 Qxh6 39. Bxh6 Kd6) 33… Rxf1+ 34. Kxf1 cxb3?? { (4.60 → Mate in 3) Checkmate is now unavoidable. Qxa3 was best. } (34… Qxa3 35. bxc4) 35. Rd2+ { White wins. } 1-0

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