- Recently the Classical Masters Chess Championship was organized in Qatar.
- In this championship, Indian Chess Grandmaster Karthikeyan Murali won the title by defeating world champion Magnus Carlsen.
- Karthikeyan Murali has become the third Indian player to defeat Magnus Carlsen.
- Earlier, Harikrishna and Vishwanathan Anand have also defeated Carlsen.
- Karthikeyan’s victory came in the seventh round of the tournament, where he skillfully used the black pieces.
- Karthikeyan Murali is an Indian Grand Master.
- He was declared a Grand Master by FIDE in the year 2015.
