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India’s Dommaraju Gukesh finished third in the prestigious Norway Chess event with a score of 14.5 to finish just behind winner Hikaru Nakamura and Fabiano Caruana.
Thanks to his performance at the Norway event, the Indian was able to climb up to the World No 13 spot with a live rating of 2744. Five-time World Champion Viswanathan Anand is the only Indian ahead of Gukesh.
The chess prodigy, who is known to be youngest player to beat Magnus Carlsen after he became the world champion, turned 17 during the event.
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In the event, he held his own against Carlsen in their individual match up. The duo will be teaming up in the inaugural edition of the Global Chess League as part of the SG Alpine Warriors.
Meanwhile, World No 1 Carlsen ended the tournament without a single win and 11.5 points. He ended up sixth in the event, just behind fourth-placed Anish Giri and No 5 Wesley So.
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Carlsen was the only player not to score a classical win in the event. This is the first time since 2007 that the former world champion finished a classical round robin without a win.
