Las Vegas, July 20 -- Indian Grandmaster R Praggnanandhaa defeated world number one Magnus Carlsen in the first game of their freestyle chess match at the Freestyle Chess Grand Slam in Las Vegas.

According to Chess.com, the 19-year-old Indian chess prodigy beat Carlsen 1-0 in the opening game, playing with the white pieces.

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However, Carlsen bounced back in the second game to level the match and then went on to win both games in the blitz tiebreak, sealing a 2-0 victory and advancing to the final.

During game one, Praggnanandhaa took down Carlsen with white pieces.

But the game two was won by the world number one, taking things to a tiebreak. Carslen went on to win the blitz tiebrea...