India's Praggnanandhaa R went down in Armageddon against Fabiano Caruana, with the teenage GM having an outside chance of winning the title. He will have to beat Hikaru Nakamura in a must-win final round and hope the local hero Magnus Carlsen loses his game against Caruana
Global Chess League will feature reigning World Chess Champion Ding Liren, the world's top-ranked chess player and five-time World Champion Magnus Carlsen, five-time World Champion Viswanathan Anand, and four-time Women's World champion Hou Yifan, among others.