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Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa (born 10 August 2005), also known professionally as Pragg, is an Indian chess grandmaster. As of 2 September 2024, Praggnanandhaa is ranked 12th in the world by the International Chess Federation. [1] Praggnanandhaa and his sister Vaishali are the first brother and sister to earn GM titles. [2]
Round one resulted in all draws, albeit with some fighting chess, [43] before the tournament burst into life in round 2. Vidit used his preparation to surprise and ultimately defeat Nakamura, while Praggnanandhaa outprepared Gukesh, but overestimated his position and ended up losing.
Three chess coaches—Raghunandan Gokhle (spouse of Anupama Gokhale), Koneru Ashok (father and coach of Koneru Humpy), and Ramachandran Ramesh (a.k.a RB Ramesh, coach of siblings Praggnanandhaa and Vaishali Rameshbabu)—have received the Dronacharya Award, the highest sports coaching honour of India. [13]
Indian chess prodigy Gukesh Dommaraju, better known as Gukesh D, became the youngest player to claim the men’s Candidates Tournament in Toronto, Canada Sunday.
Vaishali Rameshbabu (born 21 June 2001) is an Indian chess grandmaster. [1] [2] Vaishali and her brother Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu are the first brother-sister duo to earn GM titles. They are also the first brother-sister duo to qualify for the Candidates Tournament. [3]
The Chess World Cup 2023 was a 206-player single-elimination chess tournament that took place in Baku, Azerbaijan from 30 July to 24 August 2023. [1] It was the 10th edition of the Chess World Cup . The winner, runner-up and third-place finisher of the tournament ( Magnus Carlsen , R Praggnanandhaa and Fabiano Caruana ) earned the right to the ...
Teenager Gukesh Dommaraju became the youngest-ever undisputed classical chess world champion after beating Ding Liren 7.5-6.5 in their best-of-14 final in Singapore on Thursday.
The Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2025 is scheduled to be the 87th edition of the annual chess tournament held in Wijk aan Zee. It will be held from 17 January to 2 February 2025. The field of 14 players in the Masters section is set to include the defending champion Wei Yi, as well as 2024 Challengers winner Leon Luke Mendonca.