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- Magnus Carlsen of Norway has won the Chess World Cup by defeating India’s Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa.
- Praggnanandhaa is the runner-up of the 2023 FIDE World Cup held at Kazakhstan.
- It was Carlsen's first World Cup triumph, having won the World Championship five times.
- Praggnanandhaa, thus, became the third youngest player after the Bobby Fischer and Carlsen to qualify for the Candidates tournament.
- Praggnanandhaa became the youngest international master in history at age 10 in 2016.
- He had earned the title of International Chess Federation master by age seven.
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