- Indian Grandmaster Domaraju Gukesh defeated Magnus Carlsen in the ninth round of the preliminary stage of the Amches Rapid online chess tournament.
- The 16-year-old from Chennai defeated the world number one player with white pieces in 29 moves in the early hours of 17th October to reach third place in the tournament.
- Gukesh became the latest Indian teenager in recent times to defeat Carlsen, the world chess champion since 2013.
