India, July 2 -- Roughly a month after their now-viral encounter at Norway Chess, world No.1 Magnus Carlsen and reigning world champion Gukesh D will face each other again in the third leg of the Grand Chess Tour in Zagreb, Croatia.

The rapid and blitz tournament, which got underway on Wednesday, features a star-studded, 10-player field - including three of the world's top five. Praggnanandhaa R - winner of the Bucharest leg - is the other Indian in contention.

Carlsen and Gukesh will meet three times during the event, between July 3 to 6 - once in rapid, and twice in blitz. On July 3, Gukesh will sit across from Carlsen for the first time since his win in Round 6 of Norway Chess - a victory that went viral on social media after the Nor...