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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...
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...
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...
Chess: Ian Nepomniachtchi and Hans Niemann tie grudge match in Belgrade
The Russian world title challenger and the controversial American have personal issues but similar ratings, and drew 4-4 with a win apiece and six drawsIan Nepomniachtchi, who won two Candidates tournaments but then lost world title matches to Magnus Carlsen and Ding Liren, and Hans Niemann, whose controversial 2022 game with Carlsen is the subject of the Netflix documentary Untold: Chess Mates, tied an eight-game series in Belgrade this week with a win apiece and six draws. Nepo won the...
Chess: Ian Nepomniachtchi and Hans Niemann tie grudge match in Belgrade
The Russian world title challenger and the controversial American have personal issues but similar ratings, and drew 4-4 with a win apiece and six drawsIan Nepomniachtchi, who won two Candidates tournaments but then lost world title matches to Magnus Carlsen and Ding Liren, and Hans Niemann, whose controversial 2022 game with Carlsen is the subject of the Netflix documentary Untold: Chess Mates, tied an eight-game series in Belgrade this week with a win apiece and six draws. Nepo won the...
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.
Norway Chess: Pragg humbles Carlsen once again; Gukesh, Divya suffer classical losses
If you turn the pages of an English dictionary to find the meaning of the word "cliché", it will tell you that a cliché is nothing but a phrase or an idea that has been so overused that it no longer holds its original meaning. At the 14th edition of Norway Chess in Oslo, the feeling of shock and disappointment associated with a defeat faced by Magnus Carlsen has become a bit of a cliché. The result itself doesn't really yield that feeling of shock or disappointment anymore.
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.