World Champion Falls! Praggnanandhaa Dominates Norway Chess
Unstoppable! Praggnanandhaa Continues Dominant Run, Beats World Champion at Norway Chess
In the armageddon match at the Norway Chess Tournament on Tuesday, R Praggnanandhaa shocked world champion Ding Liren. After earlier in the tournament, the 18-year-old upset Fabiano Caruana and Magnus Carlsen, two players rated higher, his incredible triumph arrives.
The young Indian prodigy was able to achieve another high-profile victory when Liren faltered in the armageddon game. The fact that the world champion lost proved he was still capable of taking down enormous opponents.
GM Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu beat World No.1 Magnus Carlsen and World No.2 Fabiano Caruana in their classical games, and now he beat the World Champion Ding Liren in their Armageddon game! WHAT A PERFORMANCE by the Indian prodigy 🔥🔥 #norwaychess pic.twitter.com/VNIcduLUh4
— Norway Chess (@NorwayChess) June 3, 2024
Another tense match saw Hikaru Nakamura get closer to tournament leader Magnus Carlsen. With a timely victory in the Armageddon drama, Nakamura cut the deficit to just half a point with Carlsen still ahead.
Praggnanandhaa has been praised profusely lately for his proficiency on 64 squares by a number of sources. Following his incredible triumph over global chess champion Magnus Carlsen, Adani Group chairman Gautam Adani praised Indian teenage chess phenomenon R Praggnanandhaa.
Prag was commended earlier by former world champion and chess legend Gary Kasparov for his perseverance under trying circumstances following his triumph in the FIDE World Cup.
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