India's Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa came back strongly from a game deficit to stun world champion Magnus Carlsen in tiebreaks in the seventh and final round thus finishing runner-up in the FTX Crypto Cup, the second major on the Champions Chess .
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Anand Mahindra, much like other Indians, is in awe of the 17-year-old chess prodigy Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa after he defeated world champion Magnus Carlsen.
Filipino American Grandmaster Wesley So has won the Norway Chess Blitz and is maintaining his winning streak as he continues to outrank World No. 1 Magnus Carlsen in the Classical Chess main tournament of the world's best-ranked players.
It's a tale reminiscent of "The Queen's Gambit" when defending champion Magnus Carlsen meets Russian Ian Nepomniachtchi at the world championships in Dubai they will renew a rivalry dating from wh…