In this Indian name, the name Rameshbabu is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by the given name, Praggnanandhaa.
R Praggnanandhaa
Praggnanandhaa at Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2023
Full name
Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa
Country
India
Born
(2005-08-10) 10 August 2005 (age 18) Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Title
Grandmaster (2018)
FIDE rating
2747 (April 2024)
Peak rating
2747 (February 2024)
Ranking
No. 14 (April 2024)
Peak ranking
No. 13 (December 2023)
Medal record
Representing India
Asian Games
2022 Hangzhou
Men's team
Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa (born 10 August 2005) is an Indian chess grandmaster. A chess prodigy, he became an international master at the age of 10, the youngest at the time to ever do so, and a grandmaster at the age of 12, the second-youngest at the time to do so. Praggnanandhaa, alongside his elder sister R Vaishali, became the first brother and sister to hold the Grandmaster title.[1]
^"R Vaishali becomes grandmaster, joins R Praggnanandhaa to become world's first brother-sister GM duo". India Today. Retrieved 2 December 2023.
do so. Praggnanandhaa, alongside his elder sister R Vaishali, became the first brother and sister to hold the Grandmaster title. Praggnanandhaa won the...
a Tamil family in Chennai. She is the elder sibling of Grandmaster RPraggnanandhaa. Her father, Rameshbabu, works at TNSC Bank as a branch manager. Her...
discourage collusion. The players affected in the 2024 Candidates are RPraggnanandhaa, Vidit Gujrathi and Gukesh D from India, and Fabiano Caruana and Hikaru...
runner-up and third-place finisher of the tournament (Magnus Carlsen, RPraggnanandhaa and Fabiano Caruana) earned the right to the play in the 2024 Candidates...
Gujrathi (India) 2742 0 ½ ½ 1 1 Does not appear ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 7½ 47.75 2767 7 RPraggnanandhaa (India) 2743 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ Does not appear ½ 1 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 7½ 47.00 2767...
assistance of ₹20 million for Candidates preparation to Vidit, RPraggnanandhaa and R Vaishali. Winner of Gashimov Memorial 2023. Winner of the FIDE Grand...
tie for 1st place. In Round 12, he had a winning position against RPraggnanandhaa, but blundered into a threefold repetition. In tiebreaks he defeated...
produced many international chess champions from India, including RPraggnanandhaa, Bharath Subramaniyam, who became an International master in 2019 at...
Round 11, hence he was forced to forfeit his games against Rapport, Praggnanandhaa, and Carlsen respectively. "Tata Steel Chess embroiled in controversy...
appeared at the Tata Steel tournament, losing only to Richárd Rapport, RPraggnanandhaa, and Anish Giri. These losses dropped his rating below 2800, leaving...
k {\displaystyle k} - Tournament strength factor, calculated as k = ( T A R − 2500 ) / 100 {\displaystyle k=(TAR-2500)/100} w {\displaystyle w} - Tournament...
RPraggnanandhaa as the runner-up on 15/21 points and Alireza Firouzja as the third place finisher also on 15/21 points - edged out by Praggnanandhaa...
the classical portion but ended up losing to the Indian Grandmaster RPraggnanandhaa on tiebreaks with a score of 1-3 (two draws in classical portion and...
LED illuminated torch to Modi, who passed it to Indian chess players RPraggnanandhaa and Gukesh D who "lit" the virtual Olympic cauldron. The event was...
finished third in the 2022 Paracin Open 'A' chess tournament behind RPraggnanandhaa and Alexandr Predke. Suleymenov played in the 2023 Chess World Cup...
agreement with grandmaster RPraggnanandhaa. Jan 9 – The President of India Droupadi Murmu confers the Arjuna Award on grandmaster-elect R Vaishali and the Dronacharya...
2011 Javokhir Sindarov Uzbekistan 12 years, 10 months, 5 days 2005 RPraggnanandhaa India 12 years, 10 months, 13 days 2005 Nodirbek Abdusattorov Uzbekistan...
including Alireza Firouzja, Richárd Rapport, Vidit Gujrathi, Gukesh D, RPraggnanandhaa, Wang Hao, Jan-Krzysztof Duda, Nijat Abasov, the World Chess Championship...
finished as runner-up in the Asian Continental Championship, losing to RPraggnanandhaa as a result of drawing against Shamsiddin Vokhidov. In March 2023,...
Khan, 6th Asian Seniors at Lar in 2015. Youngest Indian Grandmaster: RPraggnanandhaa at the age of 12. (2018) First Chess Olympiad hosted in India: 2022...
k {\displaystyle k} - Tournament strength factor, calculated as k = ( T A R − 2500 ) / 100 {\displaystyle k=(TAR-2500)/100} w {\displaystyle w} - Tournament...
100 junior players of the world include 20 Indian players, among them Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu at Rank 2, Arjun Erigaisi at Rank 5, Gukesh D at rank 6,...
Alireza Firouzja (2785) (2786) (2777) (2763) 2024 Vincent Keymer (2743) RPraggnanandhaa (2747) Nodirbek Abdusattorov (2750) (2765) Year January February March...
Uzbekistan and especially India's second team with the prodigies RPraggnanandhaa, Nihal Sarin and Gukesh D were also expected to surprise. World Chess...
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