The final round of Norway Chess 2024 began with several scenarios that could play out to determine the winner of both the main event and the women's tournament.
India's Praggnanandhaa R went down in Armageddon against Fabiano Caruana, who is having an outside chance of winning the title.
Grandmaster R Praggnanandhaa will take on Fabiano Caruana of the United States in the ninth and penultimate round of Norway chess tournament now underway in Stavanger, Norway.
With the win, Magnus Carlsen stretched his lead to a full point over Hikaru Nakamura of United States, who lost to Firouzja Alireza of France.
R Praggnanandhaa's victory comes after he defeated higher-ranked players including Magnus Carlsen and Fabiano Caruana earlier in the competition.
Pragganandhaa lost to Firouzja Alireza of France in the Armageddon tiebreaker, and is now third on 9.5 points in total.
Anand Mahindra highlighted Indian chess prodigy R Praggnanandhaa's latest achievement.
Adani Group chairman Gautam Adani on Sunday lauded Indian teen chess sensation R Praggnanandhaa following his stunning victory over world number one Magnus Carlsen and world number two Fabiano Caruana
Indian teenage chess sensation R Praggnanandhaa continued with his dominating ways in the ongoing Norway Chess competition as he defeated the world number two player Fabiano Caruana
Indian Grandmaster R Vaishali continued her dream run to defeat veteran GM Pia Cramling of Sweden