Vignir Vatnar defeated Magnus Carlsen

Grandmaster Vignir Vatnar Stefánsson defeated Norwegian Grandmaster Magnus Carlsen last night. They met in the weekly chess tournament series Titled Tuesday that Chess.com runs. The match took place online. Vignir is the first Icelander to beat Carlsen since 2011. Carlsen first became world champion in 2013. Since then, there have been five world championship titles in total and Carlsen is considered one of the most skilled, if not the most skil…

Grandmaster Vignir Vatnar Stefánsson made little effort to defeat five-time world chess champion Magnus Carlsen last night. He is the only Icelander to have beaten Carlsen since he first became world champion. The pressure was high, even though the victory was certain.