Round 5 of Norway Chess was no less exciting than the previous round, as all the games in the Norway Chess tournament and one game in the Norway Chess Women tournament ended decisively.

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Hikaru Nakamura maintained a clear advantage for most of his game against Ding Liren. Meanwhile, the games between Magnus Carlsen and Alireza Firouzja, and Praggnanandhaa and Fabiano Caruana, were mostly equal until the late endgames. In both games, the players with the Black pieces made a blunder under time pressure, allowing White to win. With his win, Hikaru Nakamura crossed the 2800 Elo rating barrier after a long time, taking over the number two ranking spot from Fabiano Caruana, who dropped below 2800.

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Praggnanandhaa achieved an impressive feat by beating both the world number one and world number two in this tournament, which is a significant achievement for the Indian teenager.

Current World Champion Ding Liren lost his third consecutive game, and with this loss, he is now out of the top ten in the live rating lists.

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In the Norway Chess Women tournament, while the tournament leader Vaishali drew her game with Lei Tingjie, she won the resulting Armageddon tiebreak. With this tiebreak win, she is still at the top of the leaderboard, followed closely by Anna Muzychuk.

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As the tournament progresses, the competition is only expected to intensify with seven rounds to go. The dynamic nature of Norway Chess continues to captivate audiences, promising more excitement and dramatic turns in the days ahead.