Who is R Praggnanandhaa? The world wants to know about this Indian kid who surprised everyone at Airthings Masters 2022. He is a chess genius and can trouble any strong opponent in the game; even World No. 1 Magnus Carlsen struggled in front of him.
R Praggnanandhaa ended the game against Carlsen only in 8 rounds and became Grandmaster. He did this in only 39 moves with his brilliance. But that is not the only greatest achievement of this young boy.
Who Is R Praggnanandhaa- The Chess Prodigy From India
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He is an Indian chess grandmaster and now he became the fifth-youngest in the world to get this title after Abhimanyu Mishra, Gukesh D, Sergey Karjakin, and Javokhir Sindarov. He has also won many big titles at a very young age.
World Youth Chess Championship, World Junior Chess Championship, Xtracon Chess Open, Polgar Challenger, and more are on the list.
R Praggnandhaa’s Special Achievements
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His victory against Carlsen is definitely very impressive and surprising due to his age but he has done it many times. At 7, he became FIDE master.
Another remarkable achievement of his life was when he made history by becoming the youngest international master. It was back in 2016 in Baku, Azerbaijan and he was only 10 years old then.
National And World Ranking
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• Peak Rating -2618
• FIDE rating- 2612
• World Ranking- 193
He stands at 14th position in the Top 100 Juniors for the year 2022 and he was under 10 in 2021. R Praggnanandhaa has mastered all formats of chess games (standard, rapid, and blitz) and won more than 400 with white pieces.
He has lost more games with black pieces but it was the opposite at Airthings Masters 2022 where he won against Carlsen.
R Praggnanadhaa Family And Net Worth
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His full name is Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa and he was born on 10th August 2005 in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. Since a young age, he was interested in the game of chess but got the inspiration from his elder sister Vaishali to continue his love. She is also an international master.
With so many titles under his bucket, he has earned not only name and fame but also great income in the form of prize money. As per celebsagewiki, his net worth was between $1 Million – $5 Million in 2021.