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Injured Alireza Firouzja plays through pain to shock world No 1 Magnus Carlsen in Oslo
Alireza Firouzja unexpectedly defeated world No 1 Magnus Carlsen in the opening round of the Norway Chess tournament. The 22-year-old Frenchman achieved this victory despite playing through pain from a sprained ankle sustained at a previous event. This marked a significant upset, as Carlsen has dominated the annual tournament for the past seven years.
Injured Alireza Firouzja plays through pain to shock world No 1 Magnus Carlsen in Oslo
Frenchman scored at Norway Chess despite his heavily protected sprained ankle, and defeated Carlsen for the first time in a classical gameMagnus Carlsen, the 35-year-old world No 1, has won the annual Norway Chess elite tournament, for six of the past seven years. However, he was shocked in Monday’s opening round by Alireza Firouzja, who had finished last at Bucharest the previous week in the Grand Chess Tour event won by Germany’s Vincent Keymer.The Frenchman, 22, defeated Carlsen for the...
Explained: How Praggnanandhaa can win Norway Chess in a three-way battle
The Norway Chess 2026 title race is heading for a dramatic finale, with three players still in contention and just one round left to play. India's Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu remains firmly in the hunt and will enter the final day knowing the championship is within reach. After nine rounds, Wesley So leads the standings with 15.5 points, followed by Praggnanandhaa on 15 and Alireza Firouzja on 14.5.
Explained: How Praggnanandhaa can win Norway Chess in a three-way battle
The Norway Chess 2026 title race is heading for a dramatic finale, with three players still in contention and just one round left to play. India's Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu remains firmly in the hunt and will enter the final day knowing the championship is within reach. After nine rounds, Wesley So leads the standings with 15.5 points, followed by Praggnanandhaa on 15 and Alireza Firouzja on 14.5.
Norway Chess: Praggnanandhaa takes revenge on Gukesh; title race goes to final day
These were the names of the opponents Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa faced, or, more accurately, outsmarted, over his last three rounds. Three consecutive wins, each in the classical format, have put the 20-year-old right in the running for this year's Norway Chess crown in the open section. While the women's section saw Bibisara Assaubayeva draw her Round 9 classical game against Anna Muzychuk to wrap up the Norway Chess Women's title on Thursday in Oslo, the open section remains wide open.
Praggnanandhaa becomes first Indian to raid Carlsen's backyard, win Norway Chess title
Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa, what have you done? Just this Thursday, Norway's national football team came up with an avant-garde Viking-themed photoshoot with their squad destined for the upcoming FIFA World Cup. With superstars like Erling Haaland and Martin Ødegaard donning the traditional Viking costumes and posing as if they were getting ready for another raid, the piece of work looks exquisite to the naked eye.
How much prize money did Praggnanandhaa win after historic Norway Chess triumph?
R Praggnanandhaa scripted history by becoming the first Indian ever to win the prestigious Norway Chess title. The 20-year-old Grandmaster completed a remarkable comeback in the final round, defeating Germany's Vincent Keymer to secure the championship and etch his name into the tournament's history books. Heading into the final round, Praggnanandhaa trailed American Grandmaster Wesley So in the standings.
Carlsen left in awe of Praggnanandhaa's Norway Chess heroics: 'That's pretty insane'
Indian Grandmaster R Praggnanandhaa completed a remarkable comeback to win the Norway Chess 2026 title, earning praise from none other than World No. 1 Magnus Carlsen after a stunning finish to the tournament. The 20-year-old scripted history in Oslo by becoming the first Indian to win the prestigious Norway Chess tournament. Praggnanandhaa entered the final round trailing American Grandmaster Wesley So but produced a championship-winning performance when it mattered most.
Praggnanandhaa exclusive interview: 'Winning ahead of Carlsen is something I've always wanted'
In a country where Magnus Carlsen's shadow looms over every square of the chessboard, Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa walked into Norway Chess 2026 and did what no Indian had managed before by lifting the title in the World No. 1's own backyard. The 20-year-old from Chennai began the second half of the event from the bottom of the open-category standings, only to produce a remarkable comeback that included two classical victories over Carlsen, a win over the reigning world champion Dommaraju...
Norway Chess: Gukesh, Praggnanandhaa, Divya all suffer classical defeats
On Sunday, Round 6 marked the beginning of the reverse fixtures at Norway Chess this year. As a regular practice, it featured the exact same pairings as the opening round, but with opposite-coloured pieces at the Deichman Bjørvika library in Oslo. In that opening round, it proved to be a day of absolute delight for the Indian contingent; except for Koneru Humpy, D Gukesh, R Praggnanandhaa, and Divya Deshmukh all won their matches (albeit in Armageddon) to kick off their campaigns on a...