Indian Grandmaster R. Praggnanandhaa. File image
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Indian Grandmaster R. Praggnanandhaa on Friday (June 5, 2026) defeated German Vincent Keymer within the tenth and ultimate spherical at Deichman Bjorvika to win the Norway Chess 2026.
He topped the leaderboard with 18 factors, one forward of American Wesley So, along with his convincing win within the ultimate spherical.
He’s the primary Indian to emerge champion within the prestigious match.
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The 20-year-old participant received 4 classical video games on the trot to take the highest spot after So’s possibilities of claiming the trophy ended after his recreation in opposition to Alireza Firouzja led to a draw.
The stalemate between the in a single day chief So and the Frenchman additionally meant Firouzja couldn’t triumph.
Praggnanandhaa had on Thursday outgunned the World champion and compatriot D. Gukesh to surge to the second spot behind So.
It was a relatively outstanding turnaround by him after having slipped to the final place on the factors desk after a mid-tournament battle.
“I didn’t take into consideration this after I misplaced two video games in a row—I simply wished to play chess,” Praggnanandhaa stated after the memorable win.
Later, So beat Firouzja within the Armageddon to complete with 17 factors.
World No.1 Magnus Carlsen ended a forgettable match, by beating Gukesh to keep away from the wood spoon, which was taken by the world champion.
Within the ladies’s occasion, the ultimate spherical noticed all of the classical video games finish decisively. Kazakhstan’s Bibisara Assaubeyava, who had received the highest prize with a spherical to spare on Thursday, went right down to world champion Ju Wenjun. She ended up with 16.5 factors whereas China’s Zhu Jiner outplayed the Indian ace Koneru Humpy to surge to 16 factors and the second spot.
Ukraine’s Anna Muzychuk claimed the third spot after beating Divya Deshmukh within the final spherical.
The outcomes
tenth spherical: Open: Alireza Firouza (Fra, 15.5) misplaced to Wesley So (USA, 17) in Armageddon, Vincent Keymer (Ger, 11) misplaced to R. Praggnanandhaa (18), Magnus Carlsen (Nor, 13) bt D. Gukesh (8).
Ladies: Zhu Jiner (Chn, 16) bt Koneru Humpy (9), Ju Wenjun (Chn, 13.5) bt Bibisara Assaubayeva (Kaz, 16.5), Anna Muzychuk (Ukr, 15) bt Divya Deshmukh (10).
(The author is in Oslo on the invitation of Norway Chess.)
Revealed – June 06, 2026 01:31 am IST
