Nirmala Sitharaman in her pre-election Budget, which is technically a vote on account and popularly termed an interim Budget, said people of India are looking ahead to the future with hope and options. In her speech, Nirmala Sitharaman said, “India today has 80 chess grandmasters compared to 20 in 2010: FM in her Budget speech.” …
Chess prodigy Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa clinched the number one spot among India’s chess players following his victory over World Champion Ding Liren. The 18-year-old defeated China’s Liren with the black pieces at the 2024 Tata Steel Chess Tournament on Wednesday and surpassed the legendary Viswanathan Anand to take the number one spot. Praggnanandhaa said he was …
Chennai: Indian chess ace R Vaishali joined younger sibling R Praggnanandhaa to become the world’s first-ever brother-sister Grandmasters duo and only the third woman from the country to earn the GM title, at the IV El Llobregat Open in Spain. Vaishali achieved the feat after crossing 2500 ELO rating points on Friday. She is the …
Legendary Sunil Gavaskar on Monday said India will rise as a ‘sporting country’ in the next 10-15 years, while lauding historic achievements of javelin sensation Neeraj Chopra, chess prodigy R Praggnanandhaa and badminton star HS Prannoy. Chopra on Sunday became the first-ever Indian to win a gold medal at the World Athletics Championships, while Praggnanandhaa …
The Asian Games-bound Indian men’s chess team, which includes World Cup silver medallist GM Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa along with three other quarter-finalists, will undergo a four-day tactical camp here from August 30. Grandmsters Vidit Gujarathi, Arjun Erigaisi and R Gukesh, along with veteran Pentala Harikrishna as the other member are part of the Hangzhou-bound men’s squad. …
In a nail-biting showdown at the FIDE World Cup final in Baku, Indian chess prodigy R Praggnanandhaa faced off against the formidable Norwegian world champion, Magnus Carlsen. The tension was palpable as the two chess titans battled it out in a tie-breaker that would determine the ultimate victor. This historic clash unfolded after the initial …
Humble to the core, teen sensation R Praggnanandhaa was far from realising the enormity of his achievement in the FIDE World Cup but reckoned his incredible run could force people to “start noticing” Indian chess. It needed the sheer brilliance of Magnus Carlsen to stop the 18-year-old Praggnanandhaa’s march as he finished second best after …
Indian Grandmaster R Praggnanandhaa lost the Chess World Cup final to Magnus Carlsen in a tiebreaker match on Thursday. The two classical games on Tuesday and Wednesday had ended in draws forcing the final to a tie-break. The world No. 1 beat Praggnanandhaa 1.5-0.5 in the first tie-break match and then saw the second game …
For someone, who took to chess just because his parents wanted him and his sister to wean away from watching television, R Praggnanandhaa has charted his own path to glory and is closer to greatness than ever. The 18-year old wonderboy has long been seen as a possible successor to the five-time world champion Viswanathan …
The first game of the FIDE World Cup final between Indian grandmaster Praggnanandhaa and World No. 1 Magnus Carlsen ended in a draw on Tuesday after 35 moves. Magnus will be playing with white pieces in Wednesday’s second classical game, according to International Chess Federation. “It’ll be a fight. He’ll definitely push very hard. I’ll …