India’s 18-year-old Chess Grandmaster R Praggnanandhaa was given a grand welcome at Chennai Airport on August 30. Earlier in the day to welcome India’s Chess Grandmaster, a large number of people gathered at Chennai Airport. People enthusiastically performed the traditional dance to welcome India’s 5 times Chess Grandmaster, R Praggnanandhaa. R Praggnanandhaa won silver and finished as runner-up at the FIDE Chess World Cup. Several school students also thronged to the airport to welcome him. Meanwhile, his sister Vaishali on August 30 said that she had witnessed this type of welcome 10 years back for the Viswanathan Anand. She also said that it felt amazing to see R Praggnanandhaa getting the same love from all the people.
30 August,2023 05:02 PM IST | Mumbai
Speaking to media after winning the silver at the Chess World Cup in Baku, R Praggnanandhaa shed light on his thrilling final with World No. 1 and eventual winner Magnus Carlsen. “...Today, it didn’t go my way but it’s normal in sports...He (Magnus Carlsen) is the best player in the world and I still have to improve my Chess to be the best. That’s what I am going towards, I think I need to work on it...I think we both are extremely tired, it has been a month-long event and we both were out of energy but we were trying to get ourselves together and play and he managed to play better than me today.”
25 August,2023 02:39 PM IST | Mumbai
After Indian Chess Grandmaster R Praggnanandhaa created history by advancing to the final of the FIDE World Cup, his coach RB Ramesh expressed his immense pride in Praggnanandhaa’s exceptional performance in the global tournament and said that he is optimistic about Praggnanandhaa’s chances in view of the openings strategies discussed.Praggnanandhaa defeated World No. 3 Fabiano Caruana to reach the final of the FIDE World Cup in Baku, Azerbaijan on August 21. The Indian prodigy managed to beat the American player 3.5-2.5 after tiebreaks.“I am extremely proud that he has been doing phenomenally well in this World Cup and he qualified for the World Cup final. And what I hear is he is the youngest to do so. And also he is the only Indian to qualify for the final,” coach Ramesh told ANI. Praggnanandhaa’s coach is optimistic that the Indian Grandmaster will win the title. “I am very optimistic about Prags chances. He needs to get a good night’s sleep today, definitely, that will be very crucial. He is already feeling really good about himself, he knows that he is playing well, so there is not much to give advice to him. But, we just briefly discuss his opening strategies,” RB Ramesh said.Praggnanandhaa will face World No. 1 Magnus Carlsen for the title clash on Tuesday.
22 August,2023 12:54 PM IST | MumbaiADVERTISEMENT
