Top-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.
Grand 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.
India'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.
Grand 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.
R 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.
R Praggnanandhaa had a special interaction with Prime Minister Narendra Modi after returning from the FIDE Chess World Cup 2023.
'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.
"It was a great honour to meet Hon'ble Prime Minister Narendra Modi at his residence!" Praggnanandhaa wrote in his Tweet.
Over 90% of people believe that the young Indian Grand Master can become India's next Vishwanathan Anand.
India'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.
Indian 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.
India TV Sports Wrap on August 25: From Cricket to Chess, here are all the top ten trending sports stories on August 25.
R 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.
Indian 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.
World 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.
Vishwanathan 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.
India'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.
The ongoing World Cup of chess in Azaerbaijan's Baku is advancing to its business end as the semi-final line-ups are to be confirmed.
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