{"id":16781,"date":"2022-05-18T07:00:50","date_gmt":"2022-05-18T01:30:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.globalindian.com\/youth\/\/?post_type=story&#038;p=16781"},"modified":"2022-05-22T18:54:13","modified_gmt":"2022-05-22T13:24:13","slug":"the-grandmasters-gambit-chess-prodigy-rameshbabu-praggnanandhaa-is-making-india-proud","status":"publish","type":"story","link":"https:\/\/old.globalindian.com\/youth\/story\/chess-grandmaster\/the-grandmasters-gambit-chess-prodigy-rameshbabu-praggnanandhaa-is-making-india-proud\/","title":{"rendered":"The grandmaster\u2019s gambit: Chess prodigy Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa\u202fis making India proud"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"x_paragraph\"><span class=\"x_normaltextrun\"><strong>(May 18, 2022) <\/strong>The sooner we get the correct pronunciation of Praggnanandhaa (meaning delight of the intellect), the better it is; as we embark on the long journey of cheering and celebrating the achievements of the aptly-named chess prodigy who is all set to conquer the world in the war of checkmates.<\/span><span class=\"x_eop\"> On February 21, 2022, Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa defeated reigning world champion Magnus Carlsen in the Airthings Masters Rapid Chess Tournament. With this the 16-year-old from South India became a (difficult-to-pronounce) household name. The coveted \u2018Grandmaster\u2019 title; that Praggnanandhaa has earned, makes him the fifth youngest person in the world to achieve it, after <\/span><span class=\"x_normaltextrun\">Abhimanyu Mishra, Sergey Karjakin,\u00a0Gukesh\u00a0D, and\u00a0Javokhir\u00a0Sindarov.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-16786 aligncenter lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.globalindian.com\/youth\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Card_Pragg_Amrita_Youth-1.png\" alt=\" Chess Grandmaster | Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa | Global Indian\" width=\"593\" height=\"535\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 593px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 593\/535;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-16786 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.globalindian.com\/youth\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Card_Pragg_Amrita_Youth-1.png\" alt=\" Chess Grandmaster | Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa | Global Indian\" width=\"593\" height=\"535\" \/><\/noscript><\/p>\n<h5 class=\"x_paragraph\"><span class=\"x_normaltextrun\"><b>Setting the benchmark\u202f<\/b><\/span><span class=\"x_eop\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h5>\n<p class=\"x_paragraph\"><span class=\"x_normaltextrun\">Praggnanandhaa earned the title of FIDE Master at the age of 7, winning the World Youth Chess Championship Under-8 title in 2013. The champ went on to win the under-10 title in 2015.\u202f<\/span><span class=\"x_eop\">\u00a0The following year, 2016, marked another major milestone for the young prodigy, who became the youngest international master in history, at the age of 10 years, 10 months and 19 days. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">What a wonderful feeling it must be for Pragg. All of 16, and to have beaten the experienced &amp; decorated Magnus Carlsen, and that too while playing black, is magical! <\/p>\n<p>Best wishes on a long &amp; successful chess career ahead. You\u2019ve made India proud! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/hTQiwznJvX\">pic.twitter.com\/hTQiwznJvX<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Sachin Tendulkar (@sachin_rt) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sachin_rt\/status\/1495759508177571843?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 21, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_paragraph\"><span class=\"x_normaltextrun\">Becoming a grandmaster requires winning three \u2018norms\u2019. Praggnanandhaa achieved his first norm at the World Junior Chess Championship in 2017, finishing fourth with eight points. He gained his second norm at the Heraklion Fischer Memorial GM Norm tournament in Greece in April 2018. In June 2018 he achieved his third and final norm at the Gredine Open in Urtij\u00ebi, Italy at the age of just 12 years, 10 months, and 13 days.\u202f<\/span><span class=\"x_eop\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h5 class=\"x_paragraph\"><span class=\"x_normaltextrun\"><b>The discipline of champions\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/h5>\n<p class=\"x_paragraph\"><span class=\"x_normaltextrun\">Always a call or text away is the iconic Viswanathan Anand, India\u2019s first chess grandmaster and a five-time world chess champion. The prodigy is also associated with Anand\u2019s Westbridge Anand Chess Academy. <\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"x_paragraph\"><span class=\"x_normaltextrun\">\u201cIf I have a doubt, all I have to do is message him. It\u2019s a very big opportunity for me to get guidance from him,\u201d <\/span> <span class=\"x_normaltextrun\">Praggnanandhaa <\/span>mentions in a conversation with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.globalindian.com\/youth\/\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Global Indian<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Rematch: Vishy Anand vs Praggnanandhaa | Tata Steel Chess India 2018\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MvXgXqfyV1k?feature=oembed\"  allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"lazyload\" data-load-mode=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_paragraph\"><span class=\"x_eop\">His first coach, he says, was S Thyagarajan, who had already been training Praggnanandhaa\u2019s sister. \u201cGM RB Ramesh became my coach after that,\u201d he says.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h5 class=\"x_paragraph\"><span class=\"x_normaltextrun\"><b>Life and the chessboard\u2026<\/b><\/span><span class=\"x_eop\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h5>\n<p class=\"x_paragraph\"><span class=\"x_normaltextrun\">He&#8217;s not the only genius in the family. By the time he was three-and-a-half, &#8216;Pragg&#8217; would hang around watching his sister, female grandmaster Vaishali Rameshbabu play. Although chess was never a &#8216;plan&#8217; per se, it seemed only natural that he would be drawn to the game. &#8220;It came to me naturally and became a part of my life,&#8221; Praggnanandhaa says.\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"x_normaltextrun\">The brother-sister grandmaster duo love discussing chess moves but their practice sessions remain separate.<\/span><span class=\"x_eop\">\u00a0It hardly needs to be said that Praggnanandhaa rarely misses practice. \u201cThe duration might vary based on tournament schedules and exam timetables but I always manage to give it my time.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_16788\" style=\"width: 789px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16788\" class=\"wp-image-16788 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.globalindian.com\/youth\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Pragg_Amrita_Youth3.jpg\" alt=\"Chess Grandmaster | Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa | Global Indian\" width=\"779\" height=\"741\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 779px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 779\/741;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16788\" class=\"wp-image-16788\" src=\"https:\/\/www.globalindian.com\/youth\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Pragg_Amrita_Youth3.jpg\" alt=\"Chess Grandmaster | Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa | Global Indian\" width=\"779\" height=\"741\" \/><\/noscript><p id=\"caption-attachment-16788\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Praggnanandhaa with his mother, Nagalaksmi and sister, gradmaster Vaishali Rameshbabu<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"x_paragraph\"><span class=\"x_normaltextrun\">Always by his side, especially as he travels for tournaments, is Praggnanandhaa\u2019s mother, Nagalakshmi. His father, Rameshbabu, a banker at Tamil Nadu State Corporation Bank, takes care of all the details involved in managing the household\u2019s two grandmasters. He finds support at school, today \u2013 he is a class 11 commerce student at Velammal in Chennai. \u201cMy school supports me immensely and allows me to take leave to play tournaments and practice,\u201d he says. \u201cI will spend this month studying as the 11<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0standard board exams are in progress.\u201d \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h5 class=\"x_paragraph\"><span style=\"color: #0e101a;\"><b>Impressive journey&#8230;<\/b><\/span><\/h5>\n<p class=\"x_paragraph\"><span class=\"x_normaltextrun\">Praggnanandhaa began traveling abroad for tournaments at the tender age of seven. &#8220;I have lost count,&#8221; he says, pausing to think about it. &#8220;I have probably visited 30 countries.&#8221;\u00a0<\/span>No matter where he goes, his focus remains unwavering, concentrating on one thing only \u2013 the game he is there to play. There is hardly time for trivialities like sightseeing. To emphasise this, Praggnanandhaa says, \u201cMy favourite place? Any place where the tournament went well becomes a good destination for me.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_16794\" style=\"width: 901px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16794\" class=\"wp-image-16794 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.globalindian.com\/youth\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Praag_Amrita_Youth5.jpg\" alt=\" Chess Grandmaster | Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa | Global Indian\" width=\"891\" height=\"572\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 891px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 891\/572;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16794\" class=\"wp-image-16794\" src=\"https:\/\/www.globalindian.com\/youth\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Praag_Amrita_Youth5.jpg\" alt=\" Chess Grandmaster | Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa | Global Indian\" width=\"891\" height=\"572\" \/><\/noscript><p id=\"caption-attachment-16794\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Photo courtesy: ChessBase India<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"x_paragraph\"><span class=\"x_normaltextrun\">At 16, Praggnanandhaa has seen more of the world than most people will in a lifetime but is an undoubted homebody. He loves being home in India and whenever he has the time, likes to watch Tamil films. The typical boy-next-door in every other way, Praggnanandha loves Indian food more than any other cuisine and plays with one mission: To make his country proud. \u201cI started playing tournaments when I was very young but there is lots more to achieve,\u201d says the courteous and down-to-earth champion.<\/span><span class=\"x_eop\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Follow <span class=\"x_normaltextrun\">Praggnanandhaa on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/rpragchess\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/pragg_chess\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Instagram<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rpragchess?lang=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(May 18, 2022) The sooner we get the correct pronunciation of Praggnanandhaa (meaning delight of the intellect), the better it is; as we embark on the long journey of cheering and celebrating the achievements of the aptly-named chess prodigy who is all set to conquer the world in the war of checkmates. On February 21, 2022, Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa defeated reigning world champion Magnus Carlsen in the Airthings Masters Rapid Chess Tournament. With this the 16-year-old from South India became a (difficult-to-pronounce) household name. The coveted \u2018Grandmaster\u2019 title; that Praggnanandhaa has earned, makes him the fifth youngest person in the world [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":16807,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","story-category":[3505,215,3506],"story-tag":[3514,3548,3513,3511,3512,3547,3546,3552,3553,3550,3549,3551,3507,3510,3509,2117,3508,1300,1307],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Chess Grandmaster | Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa | Global Indian<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"16-year-old Praggnanandhaa defeated reigning world chess champion Magnus Carlsen and became (difficult-to-pronounce) household name.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" 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