R Praggananandhaa
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R Praggnanandhaa tops rapid standings at St Louis, takes key lead ahead of blitz
Other Sports | Aug 05, 2026, 02:55 PM ISTR Praggnanandhaa finished atop the rapid standings at the St. Louis Rapid & Blitz tournament with 12 points, taking a one-point lead into the decisive blitz rounds. A strong finish could boost the Indian Grandmaster's chances of qualifying for the Grand Chess Tour Finals.
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Praggnanandhaa emulates Viswanathan Anand's historic 19-year-old record, beats Magnus Carlsen twice
Other Sports | Jun 03, 2026, 10:16 AM ISTR Praggnanandhaa defeated five-time world champion Magnus Carlsen with both white and black pieces in the Norway Chess 2026, as he emulated a 19-year-old record of Viswanathan Anand with a stellar win.
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R Praggnanandhaa surpasses D Gukesh in live rankings, breaks into world top 5
Other Sports | Jun 21, 2025, 01:11 PM ISTGM Praggnanandhaa overtakes World Champion Gukesh in live rankings, now ranked world No. 5 with 2777.2. Arjun Erigaisi remains India’s top player at No. 4. Gukesh slipped to number six with 2776.6 points to his name.
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Indian men's and women's teams win maiden double Gold in Chess Olympiad history
Other Sports | Sep 22, 2024, 08:25 PM ISTTop-ranked Gukesh Dommarahu, R Praggnanandhaa and Arjun Erigaisi registered dominant wins in their respective final matches to help India's men's team win the 45th Chess Olympiad in Budapest on Sunday.
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R Praggnanandhaa registers first-ever classical win over world number one Magnus Carlsen
Other Sports | May 30, 2024, 08:12 AM ISTGrand Master Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu's win over the current world No. 1 Magnus Carlsen is also special because he has defeated him in his home tournament in Norway. Praggnanandhaa is leading the charts by virtue of his incredible triumph.
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Budget 2024: Nirmala Sitharaman lauds India's sportspersons, says country is proud of our youth
Other Sports | Feb 01, 2024, 12:03 PM ISTIndia's Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented the final budget of the Modi government in the ongoing term ahead of Loksabha elections. She lauded the sportspersons for their achievement including India's Chess prodigy R Praggnanandhaa who is currently world number one player.
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R Praggnanandhaa beats world champion Ding Liren, surpasses Viswanathan Anand to become No. 1 Indian
Other Sports | Jan 17, 2024, 07:22 AM ISTGrand Master Anish Giri is leading the charts in the Masters Group going into the first rest day. He got the better of Gukesh Dommaraju to claim the honours.
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R Vaishali-Praggnanandhaa script history, become first brother-sister grandmaster duo in chess
Other Sports | Dec 02, 2023, 11:37 PM ISTR Vaishali became India's 84th chess grandmaster at the IV El Llobregat Open in Spain after she crossed 2500 ELO rating points. Vaishali is grandmaster R Praggnanandhaa's sister and the duo has become the first GM duo. Vaishali is the third woman to become GM from India.
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'I am very happy to meet the PM': FIDE WC runner-up Praggnanandhaa on his meeting with Modi
Other Sports | Sep 04, 2023, 01:53 PM ISTR Praggnanandhaa had a special interaction with Prime Minister Narendra Modi after returning from the FIDE Chess World Cup 2023.
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'To beat Carlsen at 16 is huge achievement': Anurag Thakur felicitates R Praggnanandhaa
Other Sports | Sep 01, 2023, 04:51 PM IST'To beat Carlsen at 16 is huge achievement': Anurag Thakur felicitated Chess Prodigy Anurag Thakur after his return from FIDE Chess World Cup in Baku.
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Chess Grandmaster R Praggnanandhaa meets PM Narendra Modi, shares memorable pictures
Other Sports | Aug 31, 2023, 09:57 PM IST"It was a great honour to meet Hon'ble Prime Minister Narendra Modi at his residence!" Praggnanandhaa wrote in his Tweet.
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Can India's 18-year-old Grand Master Praggnanandhaa become second Vishwanathan Anand?
Other Sports | Aug 26, 2023, 08:55 PM ISTOver 90% of people believe that the young Indian Grand Master can become India's next Vishwanathan Anand.
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R Praggnanandhaa climbs to 20th rank in world after making it to final of Chess World Cup 2023
Other Sports | Aug 25, 2023, 06:36 PM ISTIndia's 18-year-old Grand Master R Praggnanandhaa lost to Magnus Carlsen in the final of the FIDE Chess World Cup 2023. The summit clash went to the tiebreaker but Carlsen emerged victorious in the end.
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EXCLUSIVE | 'Huge thing for my confidence': R Praggnanandhaa on beating top-ranked players
Other Sports | Aug 25, 2023, 12:55 PM ISTIndian Prodigy R Praggnanandhaa interacts with India TV after his memorable outing in the FIDE Chess World Cup 2023. The Indian Grandmaster took some big positives from the tournament.
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India TV Sports Wrap on August 25: Today's top 10 trending news stories
Other Sports | Aug 25, 2023, 10:12 AM ISTIndia TV Sports Wrap on August 25: From Cricket to Chess, here are all the top ten trending sports stories on August 25.
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How much prize money has R Praggnanandhaa won after being the runner-up at Chess World Cup?
Other Sports | Aug 24, 2023, 08:44 PM ISTR Praggnanandhaa, the Indian chess prodigy did well to drag the World Cup final to the tie-breaker but the five-time world champion Magnus Carlsen proved to be too good in the end.
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R Praggnanandhaa suffers heartbreaking loss in tie-breaker as Magnus Carlsen wins Chess World Cup
Other Sports | Aug 24, 2023, 05:43 PM ISTIndian chess prodigy R Praggnanandhaa suffered a heartbreaking loss in the final as five-time world champion Magnus Carlsen won his first-ever Chess World Cup.
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Chess World Cup final heads to tiebreaker as R Praggnanandhaa and Magnus Carlsen play another draw
Other Sports | Aug 23, 2023, 08:22 PM ISTWorld No. 1 Magnus Carlsen and India's ace Chess prodigy R Praggnanandhaa played out to draw after 30 moves in the second game of the Chess World Cup final.
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'It's really something special': Vishwanathan Anand delighted with 'golden generation' players
Other Sports | Aug 23, 2023, 05:14 PM ISTVishwanathan Anand's comments have come at a time when Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa is competing in the final against Magnus Carlsen in the ongoing Chess World Cup in Baku.
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R Praggnanandhaa holds Magnus Carlsen onto draw in first game of Chess World Cup final
Other Sports | Aug 22, 2023, 09:52 PM ISTIndia's chess prodigy R Praggnanandhaa has kept hopes alive of beating the world champion Magnus Carlsen in the chess World Cup final after holding him to a draw in the first game.