Chess
Norway Chess: Praggnanandhaa upsets world champ Liren, Humpy beats Vaishali
After his win on Monday, Praggnanadhaa now beat three higher-ranked players at Norway Chess. Vaishali, however, lost her second straight match, this time against Koneru Humpy.
R Praggnanandhaa is currently in the third position on the leaderboard at the Noway Chess event. (Photo credit: Tech Mahindra Global Chess/X)
Indian chess prodigy R Praggnanandhaa produced another stunning victory at the Norway Chess, as he pulled off an upset win against world champion Ding Liren in the armageddon game in the seventh round in Stavanger on Monday.
R Vaishali, however, had yet another poor day at the event as she lost to her compatriot Koneru Humpy, who registered her first win in the Norway Chess event.
With this victory, Praggnanandhaa completed a hat-trick of wins against higher-ranked players. Earlier, he defeated world no. 1 Magnus Carlsen and world no. 2 Fabiano Caruana at the Norway Chess in the classical game.
Although Liren managed to hold Praggnanandhaa to a draw in the classical game, the Chinese grandmaster succumbed to defeat in the armageddon game, resulting in the 18-year-old Indian grandmaster's victory.
Despite the win, Praggnanandhaa remains third on the leaderboard with 11 points.
On the other hand, Carlsen lost to his American compatriot Hikaru Nakamura in an armageddon thriller. Nakamura is now just 0.5 points behind Carlsen, with 12.5 points.
Meanwhile, Caruana managed to escape with a draw in the classical game against Alireza Firouzja, but lost in the armageddon game, leaving Caruana with no chances for recovery.
In the women's segment, Vaishali remains third on the chart with 10 points after the end of the seventh round, trailing Anna Muzychuk who claimed the sole lead after she beat women's world champion Ju Wenjun.
Humpy remains in the fifth position despite Monday's win. She now has eight points.
Meanwhile, Lei Tingjie beat Pia Cramling in the armageddon game to retain her fourth spot. Sweden's Cramling is languishing at the bottom of the leaderboard with 5.5 points.
