australia's biggest cricket groundAfter victory over Caruana, Carlsen was made to wait a considerable while for confirmation that he had won the title as Nakamura and the 18-year-old Indian were still tussling over the board. Heading into Friday’s Round 10 games, Carlsen was leading the standings with 16 points but both Nakamura and Pragg had a chance to win the title as well. Nakamura was on 14.5 points after Round 9 while Praggnanandhaa was on 13 points. Had Magnus lost in the classical section and Nakamura defeated Pragg in the longer format, he would have claimed victory. On the other hand, had Praggnanandhaa defeated Nakamura in the classical event while results in the Carlsen game had gone the 18-year-old’s way, the game would have gone into a tiebreak as well with Pragg and Carlsen competing for the title.Leander Paes is just three shy of completing a century of Grand Slam appearances but is now unsure whether uncertainty caused by COVID-19 pandemic will allow him to complete the coveted milestone or for that matter compete at the next year’s Tokyo Olympics.— Felix Krause (@KrauseFx) August 11, 2022