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Norway Chess 2025: Magnus Carlsen is back, and leads after round 4
Updated : 9 months, 2 weeks ago IST
World No. 1 Magnus Carlsen showed his class with an instructive victory in the endgame against Indian No. 2 Arjun Erigaisi. The Norwegian superstar, who had lost two Armageddon games in the last two rounds, made a strong statement with this win on home turf, according to a release from Norwa
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Norway Chess 2025: Humpy Koneru registers win, Anna Muzychuk retains lead
Updated : 9 months, 2 weeks ago IST
The Norway Chess Women's tournament again saw action with a decisive win for the Indian star Humpy Koneru against Sarasadat Khademalsharieh. Humpy Koneru managed to obtain a better position out of the opening. With excellent play, she kept adding pressure until she gained the advantage. This
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Hikaru Nakamura, Arjun Erigaisi leads Norway Chess after Round 2
Updated : 9 months, 3 weeks ago IST
The much-anticipated clash between World No. 1 Magnus Carlsen and World No. 2 Hikaru Nakamura began with a deceptively quiet classical game, as per the release from Norway Chess.
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Norway Chess 2025: Gukesh suffers successive loss as Arjun Erigaisi pulls
Updated : 9 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Arjun Erigaisi pulled off victory over D Gukesh in the second round of Norway Chess 2025
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Carlsen hunts down World Champion Gukesh in dramatic Norway Chess 2025
Updated : 9 months, 3 weeks ago IST
The marquee clash of round one at the Norway Chess 2025 lived up to its billing as Magnus Carlsen conjured a classic king hunt to defeat reigning World Champion Gukesh Dommaraju in a thrilling encounter. It marked their first classical showdown since Gukesh clinched the world title and Carl
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World Champion Gukesh arrives in Stavanger; pegs face-off against Magnus C
Updated : 9 months, 3 weeks ago IST
For the first time since he was crowned the world chess champion, after beating Ding Liren in a best-of-14-game match in Singapore last year, the 18-year-old will face off against World No.1 Magnus Carlsen in the classical format.
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Vishwanathan Anand puts his weight behind Gukesh ahead of high-stake conte
Updated : 11 months, 1 week ago IST
This year's Norway Chess will see a star-studded line-up featuring world no.1 and defending champion Magnus Carlsen (Norway), Hikaru Nakamura (USA), Gukesh D (India), Fabiano Caruana (USA), Arjun Erigaisi (India), and Wei Yi (China) among the men while the Norway Chess Women will feature Ju
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Norway Chess 2025: World champion Gukesh to take on Hikaru Nakamura
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
The event to be held in Stavanger, Norway from May 26 to June 6 will feature World No.1 Magnus Carlsen, World No.2 Fabiano Caruana, World No. 3 Hikaru Nakamura, World No. 4 Arjun Erigaisi, World No. 5 Gukesh D, World No. 9 Wei Yi. This is one of the strongest line-ups in a chess tournament
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Magnus Carlsen disqualified from chess championship for wearing jeans, fin
Updated : 1 year, 2 months ago IST
Carlsen was also disqualified from taking part in the World Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships after the Norwegian chess grandmaster refused to comply with FIDE's dress code.
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Chess world poised for epic contest next year, world champion Gukesh to ta
Updated : 1 year, 2 months ago IST
The chess world is gearing up for an extraordinary battle as Norway's Magnus Carlsen, the world's highest-rated player, takes on 18-year-old Gukesh Dommaraju, the youngest World Champion in history, at Norway Chess 2025.
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"I looked at Vishy sir...": Gukesh on how chess icon's loss in 2013 World
Updated : 1 year, 3 months ago IST
Gukesh made history on Thursday as he was crowned the International Chess Federation (FIDE) World Champion following the final game of his FIDE World Championship tie against China's Ding Liren, becoming the youngest-ever champion in the history of the sport.
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Magnus Carlsen at Norway Chess 2025: The return of a champion
Updated : 1 year, 4 months ago IST
Magnus Carlsen, the reigning World No. 1 since 2011 with a live rating of 2831 (November), continues to define greatness in chess. His storied career includes Five-time World Classical Chess Champion, Reigning Five-time World Rapid Champion, Reigning Seven-time World Blitz Champion, 2023 Che
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