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Today Norway Chess match Praggnanandhaa loses to relinquish lead & Ding Liren stunned & Magnus Carlsen rides

ByNallu News

May 31, 2024

Pragg clutched his forehead almost immediately after making the move 85.kf5 (king to f5) realising the game had slipped from his clutches.A day after 18-year-old Praggnanandhaa claimed one of the most significant results of his fledgling career in classical chess by defeating five-time world champion Magnus Carlsen, the Indian teenager was handed a defeat by World No 3 Hikaru Nakamura. While Nakamura had claimed an advantage early on in the game, Pragg fought resolutely trying to ward off the seemingly inevitable.Meanwhile, Praggnanandhaa’s visit to the confessional booth ended in him realising he had missed a critical move.