India, June 3 -- Magnus Carlsen has lost four classical games at the Norway Chess tournament this year. Two of them have come against Indian GM R Praggnanandhaa. It's a rare brag - beating the five-time world champion and world No 1 twice in classical chess in the same tournament. On Tuesday with the White pieces in Round 8, Carlsen, ended up walking into a forced checkmate from what looked like an objectively drawn position.

As the tournament heads into its final rest day, Praggnanandhaa is third in the standings with 12 points, while Carlsen is one spot above bottom-placed Gukesh, at nine and eight points respectively. American GM Wesley So continues to lead the standings.

Early on, Magnus wasn't at the board when Praggnanandhaa chose...