Magnus Carlsen was within touching distance of top spot at the Grand Chess Tour Superbet Rapid and Blitz 2024 on Saturday when he ran into Indian phenom R Praggnanandhaa in Round 11 on Saturday at Warsaw. After a 69-move battle, that went into a queen endgame with Pragg a pawn up, Carlsen finally resigned after and later opened up about how deeply that game against Praggnanandhaa had affected him. Carlsen heads into Sunday's round of games 2.5 points behind tournament leader Wei Yi of China....
Norway Chess, one of the world’s most prestigious chess tournaments hosted annually in Stavanger, will see Indian prodigy Praggnanandhaa in the six-player open category, facing off against some of the biggest names in the world like World No 1 Magnus Carlsen and current World Champion Ding Liren. The 18-year-old Pragg is not the only Indian competing at the event: also joining him are Indian Grandmasters Koneru Humpy, Vaishali Rameshbabu, who will both compete in the women's section at Norway...
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