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Praggnanandhaa takes Norway Chess title after scorig four wins in a row
by Carlos Alberto Colodro
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6/6/2026 – Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu won the fourteenth edition of Norway Chess after beating Vincent Keymer in the final round, completing an impressive run of four consecutive classical victories. The 20-year-old from Chennai overtook Wesley So, who drew Alireza Firouzja in classical play and won the Armageddon decider to finish second. Firouzja took third place, while Magnus Carlsen climbed to fourth by defeating world champion Gukesh Dommaraju. | Photo: Norway Chess / Michal Walusza
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Eight decisive results in ten classical games
Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu won the fourteenth edition of the Norway Chess super-tournament after defeating Vincent Keymer with the white pieces in their final-round classical encounter. The 20-year-old from Chennai entered the last day half a point behind Wesley So, but a classical win over Keymer allowed him to overtake the US grandmaster and claim outright victory in Oslo.
Pragg's finish was the decisive feature of the event. After losing two classical games in a row in rounds five and six, he responded with four consecutive classical victories from rounds seven to ten. His run included wins over Alireza Firouzja, Gukesh Dommaraju, Magnus Carlsen and now Keymer, while he remarkably had also defeated Carlsen in their first classical encounter earlier in the tournament.
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So began the final round as the sole leader and faced Alireza Firouzja with the black pieces. Their classical game was drawn, and So went on to win the Armageddon decider.
Pragg drew only two of his ten classical games in the Norwegian capital. His uncompromising score brought him 15.2 rating points and lifted him to 11th place on the live rating list. The victory also marked a strong response to his difficult Candidates Tournament campaign, where he finished in a share of sixth place with 6/14 points.
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