Norway chess
Image Source: IANS
Praggnanandhaa In Focus As Norway Chess Begins In Stavanger
World Champion Magnus Carlsen: India’s Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu will be in focus as the prestigious 12th edition of the Norway Chess championship gets underway in Stavanger, Norway. The event features some of the world’s top players in both Norway Chess and the first-ever Norway Chess Women’s Tournament introduced to ensure equal participation.
Host nation’s World No.1 and five-time World Champion Magnus Carlsen will lead the men’s field along with reigning World Champion Ding Liren of China and World No.2 and 3 Fabiana Caruana and Hikaru Nakamura, both representing the USA, will also be in the fray.
Ranked 14th in the world, India’s young ace Praggnandhaa will be the lone Indian participant at the prestigious event. He will take on Alireza Firouzja of France in the opening match on Monday while his elder sister Vaishali Rameshbabu will take on reigning World Champion Ju Wenjun of China on the opening day of the Norway Chess Women’s Tournament.
Advertisement
Related Cricket News on Norway chess
Cricket Special Today
-
- 20 Nov 2024 09:20
-
- 05 Oct 2024 01:56
-
- 02 Oct 2024 09:13
-
- 13 Sep 2024 12:23
-
- 10 Sep 2024 12:01
-
- 29 Aug 2024 01:18