New Delhi, June 3 -- Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa emulated legendary Viswanathan Anand after upsetting world no.1 Magnus Carlsen for the second time at the ongoing Norway Chess 2026 to tighten the title race. The 20-year-old, who had earlier beaten Carlsen with the white pieces last week, repeated the feat with the black pieces in Round 8 on Wednesday.

In the process, Praggnanandhaa became only the second player after India's Anand to defeat Carlsen twice in the same tournament, and also joined an elite group of players to have beaten the five-time World Champion three times in classical chess.

However, World Champion D Gukesh lost to Iranian-French grandmaster Alireza Firouzja to spine up the title race. Playing with the white pieces, Fir...