There are now two Norwegian world champions. Aryan Tari tied for first — third in the World Juniors. Tari, Manuel Petrosian (silver) and Aravindh Chithambaram (bronze) all scored 8.5 from 11 rounds but Tari had, by far, the best tiebreak.
Aravindh started with a first-round loss and logged a three win finish. The bittersweet performance came from R Praggnanandhaa who finished fourth (8/11) unbeaten. Pragga was in contention for first place all through. That would have been an incredible feat for the 12-year-old, and it would have meant a direct GM title. Pragga took ...
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First Published: Fri, December 01 2017. 23:34 IST
