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  R Praggnanandhaa stuns World No 1 Magnus Carlsen in Freestyle Chess event

  Other Sports | July 17, 2025 13:06 IST

  India's star grandmaster R Praggnanandhaa defeated Norwgian and world number 1 Magnus Carlsen in Freestyle Chess in round 4 clash of the event in Las Vegas. Interestingly, the Las Vegas leg of the tournament is co-founded by Carlsen himself.

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  R Praggnanandhaa leapfrogs world champion D Gukesh, becomes India's top-ranked player

  Other Sports | June 28, 2025 14:48 IST

  R Praggnanandhaa won the UzChess Cup Masters 2025 to become India's top-ranked chess player in the world. Praggnanandhaa has leapfrogged world champion D Gukesh and Arjun Erigaisi to become the top-ranked player from the nation.

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  Pragnanandhaa beats world champion Gukesh to clinch Tata Steel Masters 2025 title

  Other Sports | February 03, 2025 10:54 IST

  R Pragnanandhaa has stunned world champion D Gukesh to win the Tata Steel Masters 2025 chess title. It was an all-India final played in Wijk aan Zee in the Netherlands on Sunday (February 2) and Pragnanandhaa triumphed in the tiebreaker.

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  R Praggnanandhaa's sister, Vaishali, clinches bronze at World Blitz Championship for India

  Other Sports | January 01, 2025 14:48 IST

  R Vaishali defeated China's Zhu Jiner 2.5-1.5 in the quarter-finals before suffering an agonising loss to another Chinese opponent Ju Wenjun 0.5-2.5 in the semi-final. She is the sister of chess prodigy R Praggnanandhaa.

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  R Praggnanandhaa and his sister, gold medallists at Chess Olympiad, receive warm welcome in Chennai

  Other Sports | September 24, 2024 8:01 IST

  India's men's and women's teams won the historic gold at the 2024 FIDE Chess Olympiad in Hungary on Sunday. Both R Praggnanandhaa and his sister Vaishali were part of the men's and women's teams respectively. The brother-sister duo returned home early in the morning today.