Praggnanandhaa powers into Champions Chess Tour
15-year-old Indian prodigy Praggnanandhaa has won the Polgar Challenge with a round to spare to earn $3,000 and a place in the 5th leg of the Meltwater Champions Chess Tour, where he’s likely to face World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen in less than two weeks’ time. In the end Pragg’s 3.5/4 on the final day was enough for him to finish a full 1.5 points ahead of the chasing pack of Nodirbek Abdusattorov, Gukesh, Nihal Sarin and Volodar Murzin. Team Polgar clinched team victory with 96.5 points to Team Kramnik’s 88.
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Vladimir Kramnik calls flagging ‘a loser’s mentality’
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Gambit Buffet: 16 Great Gambit Games
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Premium only: It's voting time again - your chance to decide who plays
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Favourites Baden-Baden crash out of Euro Club Cup
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Cheating scandal hits FIDE World Online University Championships
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Norway Chess postponed to September
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Learning from the poker world: mental coaching in chess
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Finding the NextGen in chess: The new Julius Baer Challengers Chess Tour
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