India, May 28 -- It was well past midnight in India when Praggnanandhaa walked out of the playing hall in the Norwegian capital with a Round 3 win and a brag-worthy 2-1 score in classical chess against world No 1, Magnus Carlsen.

In a wild game that lasted 46 moves with time trouble bringing on pandemonium, the five-time world champion went from objectively winning to miscalculating and things unravelled pretty quickly, shredding the prospect of even salvaging a draw.

Seven-time Norway Chess champion Carlsen, who has lost two classical games out of three so far in the tournament, has dropped 13.7 points to 2827.7 Elo and is now in last place in the tournament standings. It is Praggnanandhaa's second win over Carlsen at the event. The la...