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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.
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 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.
Norway Chess: R Praggnanandhaa, Divya Deshmukh back to winning ways
Ahead of the 2026 Norway Chess, which is currently in its 14th edition, if someone had told you that halfway down the line, reigning World Chess Champion D Gukesh and World No. 1 Magnus Carlsen would be the last and second-to-last names on the points table, there would have been countless questions over that person's sanity. Who would have ever thought that as the drama at the Deichman Bjørvika Library in Oslo reached its climax and began its voyage towards the end, with just three rounds...
'Mom knows ...': Praggnanandhaa reveals mother's prophetic advice after Norway Chess win
Indian Grandmaster R Praggnanandhaa credited his mother's timely words of encouragement after scripting history by becoming the first Indian to win the prestigious Norway Chess title. The 20-year-old completed a remarkable turnaround in the tournament, defeating Germany's Vincent Keymer in the final round to secure the championship and etch his name into the record books. Speaking after his historic triumph on Friday, Praggnanandhaa shared a light-hearted anecdote about how his mother's...
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.