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Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu
Praggnanadhaa at Tata Steel Chess 2017
Born (2005-08-10) 10 August 2005 (age 19)
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
TitleInternational Master (2016)
FIDE rating2746 (October 2024)
Peak rating2487 (Aug 2017)
RankingNo. 12 (October 2024)

Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu (born (2005-08-10)10 August 2005), is a chess player and International Master from India.

Achievements

Praggnanandhaa is a chess player from Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. Praggnanandhaa won the World Youth Chess Championship Under-8 boys title in 2013, and the Under-10 boys title in 2015.[1] He is the world's youngest International Master ever.

In 2016, Praggnanandhaa became the youngest International Master in history, at the age of 10 years, 10 months, and 19 days.[2][3]

His elder sister, R. Vaishali, is a two-time youth chess champion.

References

  1. ^ "I'm Praggnanandhaa, world's youngest ever chess International Master". 1 June 2016.
  2. ^ "Praggnanandhaa – youngest chess IM in history!". ChessBase. 2016-05-29. Retrieved 2016-09-08.
  3. ^ Barden, Leonard (21 October 2016). "Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa chases world grandmaster age record at 11" – via The Guardian.