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Norway Chess, Round 8: Praggnanandhaa, Vaishali hold on to draws; Humpy fa
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
It was a day of stalemates in the Norway Chess tournament with some brilliant defensive moves coming from across different matches. As the tournament nears conclusion, the results from Round 8 set the tone for a much-anticipated final two rounds. Both Norway Chess and Norway Chess Women saw
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Norway Chess, Round-7: Praggnanandhaa defeats reigning World Champion Lire
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
The World Champion Ding Liren, who has been underperforming with four losses in a row, finally stopped the bleeding with a much-needed draw against India's Praggnanandhaa R. However, he missed a trick and lost the Armageddon tie-breaker, with Pragg remaining on the third spot of the standing
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Grandmaster Arjun Erigaisi breaks into world top-5 in FIDE rating list
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
Arjun Erigaisi, with an ELO rating of 2769.7, has so far added 8.7 points to his tally and is only behind Magnus Carlsen of Norway, USA's Hikaru Nakamura and Fabiano Caruana and Ian Nepomniachtchi of Russia. He had briefly reached a career-high live rating of 2771.2 earlier this week and is
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Norway Chess, Round 4: Vaishali extends lead; Praggnanandhaa, Humpy suffer
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
Just a day after registering his first classical win over the five-time World Champion Magnus Carlsen, India's star prodigy Praggnanandhaa R went down against America's Hikaru Nakamura in Round 4 of the Norway Chess 2024 at the SpareBank 1 SR-Bank on Thursday.
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"Always enjoy a good challenge": Praggnanandhaa on playing against Magnus
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
Reflecting on his contest with world no 1 Magnus Carlsen at last year's FIDE Chess World Cup where he gave the 32-year-old Norwegian a stiff challenge, Pragg said, "I always enjoy a good challenge. After the World Cup last year, this will be my first classical game with him. I am quite excit
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Koneru, Praggnanandhaa, Vaishali set to compete in Norway Chess 2024
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
The event will feature world number one Magnus Carlsen (Norway), world number three Hikaru Nakamura (USA), current World Champion Ding Liren (China), Women's World Champion Ju Wenjun (China), Lei Tingjie (China) among others
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"Indian earthquake in Toronto": Garry Kasparov hails Gukesh for his victor
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
Chess legend Garry Kasparov heaped praise on India's 17-year-old Grandmaster D Gukesh after his victory in FIDE Candidates and said that it was an "Indian earthquake in Toronto".
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"Achieving something big for my country is very special": D Gukesh reacts
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
Gukesh also admitted that he was relieved and happy after some stressful moments in his historic feat in Toronto.
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"Very proud of how you handled tough situations": Viswanathan Anand hails
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
The 17-year-old Indian on Monday created history as he won the FIDE Candidates Chess Tournament 2024, becoming the youngest-ever challenger to the world title.
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FIDE Candidates 2024: Gukesh scripts history, becomes youngest-ever world
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
He is only the second Indian player to win the Candidates Tournament, after legendary player Viswanathan Anand.
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FIDE Candidates 2024: Gukesh becomes sole leader with one round left, beat
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
With the victory, the Indian took the sole lead before the final round.
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FIDE World Cup 2023 silver medallist Praggnanandhaa gives credit for succe
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
Indian grandmaster Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa expressed his happiness after finishing runners-up at the recently concluded FIDE World Cup 2023 in Baku, Azerbaijan. The Indian chess prodigy also thanked everyone for their support and especially his mother R Nagalakshmi.
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