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In this Indian name, the name Rameshbabu is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by the given name, Praggnanandhaa.
R Praggnanandhaa
Praggnanandhaa at Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2023
Full nameRameshbabu Praggnanandhaa
CountryIndia
Born (2005-08-10) 10 August 2005 (age 18)
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
TitleGrandmaster (2018)
FIDE rating2747 (May 2024)
Peak rating2707 (August 2023)
RankingNo. 14 (May 2024)
Peak rankingNo. 29 (August 2023)

Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa (born 10 August 2005) is an Indian chess grandmaster. A chess prodigy, he became an international master at the age of 10, the youngest at the time to do so, and a grandmaster at the age of 12, the second-youngest at the time to do so. On 22 February 2022, at the age of 16, he became the youngest player to defeat then-world champion Magnus Carlsen, when he beat Carlsen in a rapid game at the Airthings Masters Rapid Chess Tournament[1][2] (a record since broken by Gukesh D, on 16 October 2022).[3][4]

Chess career

Praggnanandhaa won the World Youth Chess Championship Under-8 title in 2013, earning him the title of FIDE Master. He won the under-10 title in 2015.[5]

In 2016, Praggnanandhaa became the youngest international master in history, at the age of 10 years, 10 months, and 19 days.[6][7] He achieved his first grandmaster norm at the World Junior Chess Championship in November 2017, finishing fourth with 8 points.[8] He gained his second norm at the Heraklion Fischer Memorial GM norm tournament in Greece on 17 April 2018.[9] On 23 June 2018 he achieved his third and final norm at the Gredine Open in Urtijëi, Italy, by defeating Luca Moroni in the eighth round to become, at the age of 12 years, 10 months and 13 days, the then second-youngest person ever to achieve the rank of grandmaster (Sergey Karjakin attained the title at 12 years and 7 months).[10] He is the fifth-youngest person ever to achieve the title of Grandmaster (GM), behind Abhimanyu Mishra,[11] Sergey Karjakin, Gukesh D, and Javokhir Sindarov.[12]

In 2018, Praggnanandhaa was invited to the Magistral de León Masters in Spain for a four-game rapid match against Wesley So. He defeated So in game one, and after three games the score was tied at 1½–1½. In the last game, So defeated Praggnanandhaa, winning the match 2½–1½.[13]

In January 2018, Praggnanandhaa tied for third place with GM Alder Escobar Forero and IM Denys Shmelov in the Charlotte Chess Center's Winter 2018 GM Norm Invitational held in Charlotte, North Carolina, with a score of 5.0/9. [14]

In July 2019, Praggnanandhaa won the Xtracon Chess Open in Denmark, scoring 8½/10 points (+7–0=3).[15] On 12 October 2019, he won the World Youth Championships in the Under-18 section with a score of 9/11.[16] In December 2019, he became the second-youngest person to achieve a rating of 2600.[17] He did this at the age of 14 years, 3 months and 24 days.

In April 2021, Praggnanandhaa won the Polgar Challenge, the first leg (out of four) of the Julius Baer Challengers Chess Tour, a rapid online event organized by Julius Baer Group and Chess24.com for young talents.[18] He scored 15.5/19, 1.5 points ahead of the next best placed competitors.[19] This win helped him qualify for the next Meltwater Champions Chess Tour on 24 April 2021, where he finished in 10th place with a score of 7/15 (+4-5=6), including wins against Teimour Radjabov, Jan-Krzysztof Duda, Sergey Karjakin, and Johan-Sebastian Christiansen as well as a draw against World Champion Magnus Carlsen.[20]

Praggnanandhaa entered the Chess World Cup 2021 as the 90th seed. He defeated GM Gabriel Sargissian 2–0 in round 2, and advanced to round 4 after defeating GM Michał Krasenkow in the rapid tiebreaks in round 3. He was eliminated in round four by Maxime Vachier-Lagrave.

Praggnanandhaa played in the Masters section of the Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2022, winning games against Andrey Esipenko, Vidit Gujrathi and Nils Grandelius, finishing in 12th place with a final score of 5½.

On 20 February 2022, he became the third Indian player (after Anand and Harikrishna) to win a game against World Champion Magnus Carlsen in any time format, in the online Airthings Masters rapid tournament of the Champions Chess Tour 2022, with a 15+10 time control.[21][22]

At the Chessable Masters online rapid chess tournament in May 2022, he defeated Carlsen once again, his second win over him in 3 months, and advanced to the finals.[23][24][25]

He also defeated Carlsen 3 times in the FTX Crypto Cup 2022, finishing second behind Carlsen in the final standings.[26]

In January 2023, Praggnanandhaa played in the Tata Steel Chess Masters 2023. He defeated a 2800-rated grandmaster, Ding Liren, his first time doing so in a classical game.[27] He ended the tournament in 9th place with a score of 6/13.[28]

In the Chess World Cup 2023, 18-year-old Praggnanandhaa became India's youngest player to reach the Chess World Cup final. Praggnanandhaa defeated[29] Fabiano Caruana in tie-breaks in semi-final of Chess World Cup 2023. He has also become the second Indian after Viswanathan Anand to reach final in Chess World Cup history. He will play[30] former classical World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen in the final.

Personal life

Praggnanandhaa was born in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, on 10 August 2005.[31] His father, Rameshbabu, works as a branch manager at TNSC Bank,[32] and his mother, Nagalakshmi, is a homemaker who often accompanies him at national and international competitions.[33] He attended Velammal Main Campus in Chennai.[34][35] He is the younger brother of Woman Grandmaster and International Master R. Vaishali.

References

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  2. ^ "Ramesh Babu Pragyanandha : চৌষট্টি খোপের বিষ্ময় বালক, দাবার প্রেমে পাগল প্রজ্ঞানান্ধা". The Bengali Chronicle (in Bengali). 25 March 2022. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
  3. ^ Doggers (PeterDoggers), Peter. "Duda New Leader At Aimchess Rapid; Gukesh Youngest Player To Beat Carlsen". Chess.com. Retrieved 17 October 2022.
  4. ^ "Aimchess Rapid: Gukesh youngest-ever to beat Carlsen, Duda leads". Chess News. 16 October 2022. Retrieved 17 October 2022.
  5. ^ "I'm Praggnanandhaa, world's youngest ever chess International Master". The Indian Express. 1 June 2016.
  6. ^ Priyadarshan Banjan (29 May 2016). "Praggnanandhaa – youngest chess IM in history!". ChessBase. Retrieved 8 September 2016.
  7. ^ Barden, Leonard (21 October 2016). "Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa chases world grandmaster age record at 11". The Guardian.
  8. ^ "2017 World Juniors: Praggnanandhaa gains maiden GM norm". All India Chess Federation. 24 November 2017.
  9. ^ "Praggnanandhaa bags his second GM norm". The Times of India.
  10. ^ "Praggnanandhaa becomes India's youngest Grandmaster". ESPN. Retrieved 24 June 2018.
  11. ^ "GM Abhimanyu Mishra is the Youngest GM in History!". USCF Online. 30 June 2021.
  12. ^ "Chennai's Praggnanandhaa becomes 2nd youngest GM". The Times of India. Retrieved 23 June 2018.
  13. ^ "Praggnanandhaa gives a major scare to Wesley So at the Leon Masters 2018". ChessBase India. 8 July 2018. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
  14. ^ "CCCSA GM/IM Norm Invitational - May 2022 GM/IM Norm Invitational Chess Tournament".
  15. ^ "Danish feather in cap for dominant Praggnanandhaa". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
  16. ^ "14-year-old R Praggnanandhaa crowned U-18 champion, India win 7 medals at World Youth Chess Championship". The Indian Express. 12 October 2019. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
  17. ^ "Praggnanandhaa becomes the youngest Indian to cross 2600 Elo ever, second youngest in the world". ChessBase India. 5 December 2019. Retrieved 27 May 2022.
  18. ^ Praggnanandhaa wins Polgar Challenge with a round to spare. The Times of India. 11 April 2021. Retrieved 12 October 2021.
  19. ^ Praggnanandhaa powers into Champions Chess Tour. Chess24.com. 12 April 2021. Retrieved 12 October 2021.
  20. ^ "New in Chess Classic: Carlsen wins preliminaries". Chess News. 27 April 2021. Retrieved 27 April 2021.
  21. ^ "Praggnanandhaa upstages Carlsen in Airthings Masters chess". Hindustan Times. 21 February 2022. Retrieved 21 February 2022.
  22. ^ "Chess: Indian GM Praggnanandhaa defeats world champion Magnus Carlsen at Airthings Masters". amp.scroll.in. 21 February 2022. Retrieved 22 February 2022.
  23. ^ "India's R Praggnanandhaa stuns World Champion Magnus Carlsen for second time in year". ANI. 21 May 2022. Retrieved 21 May 2022.
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  25. ^ Rakesh Rao (25 May 2022). "Chessable Masters: Praggnanandhaa shocks Anish Giri, meets Ding Liren in final". The Hindu.
  26. ^ "FTX Crypto Cup: Games and standings". Chess News. 21 August 2022. Retrieved 22 August 2022.
  27. ^ "Both Carlsen and Ding defeated | Round 4". Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2023. Retrieved 26 March 2023.
  28. ^ "Standings - Tata Steel Chess Tournament". Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2023. Retrieved 26 March 2023.
  29. ^ "Chess World Cup 2023: India's Praggnanandhaa defeats Fabiano Caruana in tiebreaks, sets up final with Magnus Carlsen". Hindustan Times. 21 August 2023. Retrieved 21 August 2023.
  30. ^ "Chess World Cup 2023 Semi-Final LIVE: Praggnanandhaa defeats Caruana to seal final against Magnus Carlsen". The Indian Express. 19 August 2023. Retrieved 21 August 2023.
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  33. ^ "FIDE World Cup | Chess great Kasparov congratulates Praggnanandhaa; lauds mother for 'special kind of support'". The Hindu. 22 August 2023. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 22 August 2023.
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