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The Latest Breaking News from Magnus Carlsen

Praggnanandhaa nails Hansen, regains lead; Foreest stuns Carlsen

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Praggnanandha takes lead

Carlsen loses to Liem

The Hindu

Chess: Magnus Carlsen ‘unlikely’ to defend crown, but questions remain

Norway’s world champion says he felt more comfortable before 2013 when he knew he was the best player and that later too much of his identity became linked to the championship title

The Guardian - UK

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Chess: Teenagers top in Reykjavik while English hopes fade at the finish

India’s Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa, 16, won first prize and the youngest GM Abhimanyu Mishra, 13, of the US, tied for second

The Guardian - UK

Chess: Carlsen’s rivals prepare for Candidates as No 1 wins after hiccup

China’s world No 2, Ding Liren, is poised to join Hikaru Nakamura, Alireza Firouzja and five other top GMs in the Candidates, while Carlsen wins online despite scare

The Guardian - UK

Chess: China’s Ding Liren could make unlikely late bid for Candidates place

Fide’s ban on Sergey Karjakin provides an opportunity in the current series to decide Magnus Carlsen’s next challenger

The Guardian - UK

Charity Cup | Praggnanandhaa stuns World No. 3 Ding Liren

Earlier in the day, Praggnanandhaa lost to Duda but more than made up by beating Canada’s Eric Hansen

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How chess prodigy Praggnanandhaa starred in cricket-crazy India

Teenager’s rise to stardom was marked by a stunning win over top-ranked player earlier this year.

Al Jazeera

Chess: Rapport closes in on Candidates as six-year-old steals show at Blackpool

Richard Rapport is near to becoming one of the eight candidates to challenge for Magnus Carlsen’s crown, while six-year-old Kushal Jakhria tied for first at the Blackpool U1850 Intermediate despite being the lowest ranked player

The Guardian - UK

Video: French grandmaster Vachier-Lagrave on his recent world title and why his hair is pink

Maxime Vachier-Lagrave won his first world title after triumphing in the world blitz championship held recently in Warsaw.

Radio France Internationale

Chess: Fide cancels Moscow Olympiad as Carlsen beats Covid to reach final

The global chess body will seek a new venue for the 2022 Olympiad, while the world champion and his recently defeated challenger, Ian Nepomniachtchi, meet in the two-day Airthings Masters final

The Guardian - UK

16-year-old chess prodigy becomes youngest player to beat world champion Magnus Carlsen

Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa appeared shocked when he beat Norway’s Magnus Carlsen

The Independent UK

Praggnanandhaa stuns Magnus Carlsen and Aronian, holds Giri

Joins Anand, Harikrishna as the only Indians to beat Carlsen in tournament play

The Hindu

Praggnanandhaa stuns World No. 1 Carlsen in Airthings Masters chess

The Indian GM lies in joint 12th spot after eight rounds with eight points.

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Airthings Masters: 16-year-old Praggnanandhaa stuns World Champion Carlsen

16-year-old Indian Grandmaster R Praggnanandhaa stunned world champion, Magnus Carlsen, in the eighth round of the ongoing Airthings Masters - an online rapid chess competition.

The Guardian - UK

Hikaru Nakamura wins in Berlin as popular chess streamer leads Grand Prix

The five-time US champion with more than a million Twitch followers had not played classical chess for two years

The Guardian - UK

Chess: Carlsen loses hard-won rating points in a single Oslo club match

The world champion missed a one-move win and halved against an opponent with whom he had already drawn as a nine-year-old

The Guardian - UK

Chess: Carlsen a class apart as world No 1 dominates at ‘chess Wimbledon’

The world champion won Tata Steel Wijk aan Zee for a record eighth time and felt ‘really good’ about his play

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The Hindu

Tata Steel chess | Vidit Gujrathi holds Magnus Carlsen

In the Challengers section, Arjun Erigaisi (9) moved within a draw of winning the title

The Hindu

Tata Steel chess | Vidit Gujrathi holds Carlsen to draw, Praggnanandhaa loses to Caruana

Carlsen (7.5 points) preserved his leading position despite missing a clear win against Gujrathi

The Guardian - UK

Chess: Carlsen edges towards minimalist victory as Covid strikes at Wijk

The world champion is ahead by half a point and is unbeaten, but has made little progress towards his target of a 2900 rating following a much debated draw with Russia’s Sergey Karjakin

The Guardian - UK

Chess: Carlsen jumps into sixth-round lead at Wijk as he hunts rating record

World champion’s win on Friday puts him back at the top of the table as his attempt to break the 2900 rating barrier gets under way, while co-leader Shak Mamedyarov unleashes the bizarre opening 1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 e6 3 g4?!

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