Stavanger [Norway], June 7 As the Norway Chess crawls towards an exhilarating end, the stakes have never been higher. All old style rounds of Cycle 9 in the esteemed Norway Chess headliner finished in a draw, going into an Armageddon sudden death round to decide a match champ.

India's Praggnanandhaa R went down in Armageddon against Fabiano Caruana, with the teen GM having a slight possibility of coming out on top for the championship. He should beat Hikaru Nakamura in a must-win last round and trust the nearby legend Magnus Carlsen loses his game against Caruana.

The five-time Best on the planet Carlsen expanded his lead with an Armageddon prevail upon Alireza Firouzja in Cycle 9. This implies that a success in the last round for Carlsen would promise him winning the competition by and large. Hikaru Nakamura, who lost against the dominant Title holder Ding Liren in Armageddon, should dominate the last match with Dark against Praggnanandhaa to have a shot at winning the competition.

In the mean time, in the Norway Chess Ladies' Competition, the main old style win of the day came from the Lei Tingjie versus Vaishali R game. The Chinese GM procured a conclusive triumph with the white pieces in 30 maneuvers and has essentially expanded her possibilities winning the competition in the last round.

The Ladies' Title holder Ju Wenjun crushed Koneru Humpy in Armageddon to lead the opposition by 1.5 focuses, while Anna Muzychuk enrolled a tie-break prevail upon Pia Cramling.

With the competition arriving at its last round, just 1.5 focuses isolated Wenjun, Tingjie and Muzychuk at the highest point of the table in the ladies' competition. The debut version of the Norway Chess 2024 Ladies' Competition is set for a completely exhilarating completion.

Cycle 10 Pairings

Norway Chess Headliner

Magnus Carlsen versus Fabiano Caruana; Praggnanandhaa R versus Hikaru Nakamura; Ding Liren versus Alireza Firouzja

Norway Chess Ladies' Competition

Vaishali R versus Pia Cramling; Anna Muzychuk versus Koneru Humpy; Lei Tingjie versus Ju Wenjun.