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Carlsen extends lead to 14.5 points, Nakamura in second with 13.5, Praggnanandhaa follows with 11.

Magnus Carlsen justifies his top billing with a win over an off-colour Ding Liren to surge to sole lead

In round three, the 18-year-old faced the Norwegian star on his home turf, emerging victorious to take the sole lead in the open section of the six-player tournament.

Praggnanandhaa had a dream World Cup run in Baku last month when he became the youngest ever finalist and in the process qualified for the Candidates tournament in 2024

Indian grandmaster Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa expressed his happiness after finishing runners-up at the recently concluded FIDE World Cup 2023

"I feel very good to be in the finals, today I didn't win, but it's normal in chess," Praggnanandhaa told PTI from Baku hours after he finished runner-up.

Young prodigy Praggnanandhaa won the silver medal and also confirmed his berth in the FIDE candidates.

Praggnanandhaa enjoyed an incredible run in the tournament, having beaten world No.2 Hikaru Nakamura and world No.3 Fabiano Caruana to set up a final date against Carlsen.

The second game of Classical Chess at the FIDE World Cup final between Indian grandmaster R Praggnanandhaa and Norway's world number one Magnus Carlsen ended in a draw

Praggnanandhaa, who had played out a draw with white pieces on Tuesday, held the Norwegian five-time World Champion Carlsen in Classical Chess to another draw

Carlsen and Indian prodigy R Praggnanandhaa played to a draw in the first classical chess game after 35 moves.

Carlsen took down the 17-year old Gukesh with black pieces showing his endgame mastery and gained the upperhand over the Indian prodigy

Gukesh defeated China's Wang Hao 1.5-0.5 to set up a much-awaited quarterfinal clash against world No.1 Magnus Carlsen while Praggnanandhaa completed a win to book a match against compatriot Erigaisi

It was sweet revenge for Erigaisi who had lost to Carlsen in the Julius Baer Generation Cup final, and earned his first victory against the world No. 1 on Saturday.

Hyderabad: Chess champion Magnus Carlsen accused Hans Niemann of cheating him in the 2022 Sinquefield Cup match. The No. 1-ranked chess player enjoyed a 53-game unbeaten run until he was defeated by Hans Niemann in the Sinquefield Cup this month.  However, Hans Niemann denied allegations leveled by Carlsen as he said it was a conspiracy […]

Miami: India’s chess star Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa and world champion Magnus Carlsen made it two wins out of two as the FTX Crypto Cup favourites powered into an early lead. On Tuesday night, Praggnanandhaa narrowly beat Anish Giri in the four-game match to avenge a costly defeat the Dutch number 1 inflicted on him earlier this year […]

Miami: Indian prodigy Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa came back strongly from a disadvantageous position to beat World’s No. 1 junior player, Alireza Firouzja, in the third encounter of their four-game match as the FTX Crypto Cup, the American finale of Champions Chess Tour, which got off to a thrilling start here. The 2.5-1.5 win in the first-round […]

Oslo: Indian Grandmaster Viswanathan Anand returned to winning ways as he defeated World No 1 Magnus Carlsen in the fifth round of the Classical section on Monday in the Norway Chess tournament to climb to the top spot. After prevailing against the Norwegian star in the Blitz event that preceded the Classical section, Anand registered […]

Stavanger (Norway): India legend Viswanathan Anand’s winning run in the Classical event of the Norway Chess tournament came to an end after suffering a loss against American Wesley So in the fourth round here on Saturday. The 52-year-old former world champion now shares the lead with Magnus Carlsen on 8.5 points each. The regular Classical […]

Stavenger (Norway): Indian chess ace Viswanathan Anand defeated world champion Magnus Carlsen in round seven of the blitz event of the Norway Chess on way to a fourth-place finish. The former world champion, however, suffered defeats to Anish Giri (the Netherlands) and Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (France) in the fourth and ninth round respectively to finish with […]