22
Feb
WORLD champion Magnus Carlsen sat amazed, palms on his face, after realising that he was going to lose the eighth round of the Airthings Masters online rapid chess tournament, he was shocked to see his would-be slayer R Praggnanandhaa. Wide-eyed and unable to fathom what had unrolled on the other side of the screen in Oslo, he covered his mouth with his hands in the 2 am silence of his home in the Chennai suburb of Padi. Praggnanandhaa was so drained by the exacting game of quick wits that all he wanted was to catch some sleep. “I just want…