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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.

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...

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...

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.

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...

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