India, Feb. 20 -- In the recent Titled Tuesday Grand Prix online blitz event, Magnus Carlsen was held to a draw by Kazakh Candidate Master Aldiyar Zharas. It was a tight game that went down to the wire and lasted 66 moves. It was a rook endgame, and both players had less than 40 seconds on the clock. The game ended with both players shaking hands virtually after a rook and some pawns were lost.

The tense game saw Carlsen make a pawn blunder in the 23rd move, allowing his opponent to get the advantage. But Carlsen fought back, and soon Zharas began to make errors. Carlsen failed to capitalise, and the game ended as a draw by repetition.

Carlsen was recently in action at the 2026 FIDE Freestyle Chess World C'ships, where he defeated Fabia...