RAMESHBABU PRAGGNANANDHAA (born Aug-10-2005, 19 years old) India [what is this?] FIDE Master (2013); International Master (2016); Grandmaster (2018); Asian U8 Champion (2013); World U10 Champion (2015); Asian U12 Champion (2016). Titles Praggnanandhaa was formerly the youngest person ever to become an International Master. He did so on 29 May 2016 at the age of ten years and ten months and nineteen days, beating by over a year the record previously held by Sergey Karjakin. (1) He won his IM norms by: - scoring 4.5/9 at the 30th International Festival of Games - Tournament A held in Cannes in February-March 2016 - scoring 5/9 at Aeroflot B in Moscow in March 2016 and - scoring 6.5 from the first nine rounds of the 9th KiiT International Festival in Odisha in India in May 2016. In November 2019, Abhimanyu Mishra beat his record by 17 days. In June 2018, at the age of 12 years 10 months and 14 days, he became the second youngest person after Sergey Karjakin to become a Grandmaster, and along with Karjakin only one of two players at that time to win the title before the age of 13 years. (2) His GM norms were achieved at the: - World Junior Championship in 2017 (see below) - Heraklion Fischer Memorial GM Norm tournament in Greece in April 2018 and at the - 4th Gredine Open in June 2018. Events At the 2016 WYCC (U12 cadet's section), Andrew Hong, Nihal Sarin and Vincent Keymer and he all tied (behind Nikhil Kumar who won) with scores of 8.5/11. (3) He scored eight points after 11 rounds at the World Junior Championship (2017) behind Aryan Tari (winner), Manuel Petrosyan (2nd after tiebreaks) and Chithambaram V R Aravindh (3rd after tie-breaks), tying with 3 others at 8 points. In January 2018, Praggnanandhaa tied for third place with GM Alder Escobar Forero and IM Denys Shmelov in the Charlotte Chess Center's Winter 2018 GM Norm Invitational held in Charlotte, North Carolina, with a score of 5.0/9. In July 2019, Praggnanandhaa won the Xtracon Chess Open in Denmark, scoring 8.5 of 10. In December 2019, he became the second-youngest person to be rated 2600 Elo. He did this at the age of 14 years, 3 months and 24 days. In April 2021, Praggnanandhaa won the Polgar Challenge, the first leg (out of four) of the Julius Baer Challengers Chess Tour, a rapid online event organized by Julius Baer Group and Chess24.com for young talents. He scored 15.5/19, 1.5 points ahead of the next best placed competitors.This win helped him qualify for the next Meltwater Champions Chess Tour on 24 April 2021, where he finished in 10th place with a score of 7/15. including wins against Teimour Radjabov, Jan-Krzysztof Duda, Sergey Karjakin, and Johan-Sebastian Christiansen as well as a draw against World Champion Magnus Carlsen. Praggnanandhaa entered the Chess World Cup 2021 as the 90th seed. He defeated GM Gabriel Sargissian 2 0 in round 2, and advanced to round 4 after defeating GM Michael Krasenkow in the rapid tiebreaks in round 3. He was eliminated in round four by Maxime Vachier-Lagrave. Praggnanandhaa, rated 2690, was seeded 31st in the FIDE World Cup (2023). He received a first-round bye, then defeated Maxime Lagarde (No. 98), David Navara (No. 34), Hikaru Nakamura (No. 2), Ferenc Berkes (No. 82), Arjun Erigaisi (No. 23), and Fabiano Caruana (No. 3). In the finals, he faces the No. 1 seed, former World Champion Magnus Carlsen. Praggnanandhaa, who turned 18 on August 10, after the tournament started, is the youngest World Cup finalist ever. He is believed to be the only player ever to face the No. 1, 2, and 3 seeds in a single World Cup. His older sister Ramesh Babu Vaishali is an International Master. Sources (1) http://en.chessbase.com/post/praggn..., (2) https://en.chessbase.com/post/pragg... and https://chess24.com/en/read/news/pr... (3) http://www.e2e4.ge/ (2016 U 12 Cadets) References https://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects... (15 October 2016 video podcast with "National Master Jerry from Pennsylvania" on ICC) and Wikipedia article: Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu Last updated: 2023-08-21 17:24:25

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page 1 of 53; games 1-25 of 1,308  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. R Praggnanandhaa vs N R Visakh 1-0 58 2014 World Junior Championship B40 Sicilian 2. S Gagare vs R Praggnanandhaa   1-0 58 2014 World Junior Championship A20 English 3. R Praggnanandhaa vs K P Surya   ½-½ 35 2014 World Junior Championship B51 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack 4. B Ider vs R Praggnanandhaa   1-0 78 2014 World Junior Championship E06 Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3 5. R Praggnanandhaa vs S Pastar 1-0 23 2014 World Junior Championship B40 Sicilian 6. V Antonio vs R Praggnanandhaa   1-0 64 2014 World Junior Championship C50 Giuoco Piano 7. R Praggnanandhaa vs E Ronka   ½-½ 76 2014 World Junior Championship B12 Caro-Kann Defense 8. P Iniyan vs R Praggnanandhaa   1-0 70 2014 World Junior Championship D50 Queen's Gambit Declined 9. R Praggnanandhaa vs V Pranavananda 1-0 40 2014 World Junior Championship B15 Caro-Kann 10. A L Muthaiah vs R Praggnanandhaa 0-1 76 2014 World Junior Championship D01 Richter-Veresov Attack 11. R Praggnanandhaa vs V Borisenko   1-0 45 2014 World Junior Championship B40 Sicilian 12. R Praggnanandhaa vs B Deac   0-1 49 2014 World Junior Championship B40 Sicilian 13. U R Sahoo vs R Praggnanandhaa   1-0 36 2014 World Junior Championship D55 Queen's Gambit Declined 14. S Das vs R Praggnanandhaa   1-0 27 2014 7th Chennai Open -15 C70 Ruy Lopez 15. R Praggnanandhaa vs Deepan Chakkravarthy J   0-1 45 2015 2nd Kolkata GM Open B28 Sicilian, O'Kelly Variation 16. M Gagunashvili vs R Praggnanandhaa   ½-½ 86 2015 8th Mayors Cup Open D37 Queen's Gambit Declined 17. R Praggnanandhaa vs V Neverov   0-1 44 2016 8th Chennai Open B94 Sicilian, Najdorf 18. H Hayrapetyan vs R Praggnanandhaa   ½-½ 40 2016 Aeroflot Open B D85 Grunfeld 19. R Praggnanandhaa vs P Potapov   0-1 42 2016 Aeroflot Open B B01 Scandinavian 20. N Ziaziulkina vs R Praggnanandhaa   1-0 50 2016 Aeroflot Open B C78 Ruy Lopez 21. R Praggnanandhaa vs M Arabidze   1-0 66 2016 Aeroflot Open B B28 Sicilian, O'Kelly Variation 22. S Melia vs R Praggnanandhaa   0-1 39 2016 Aeroflot Open B C28 Vienna Game 23. Balashov vs R Praggnanandhaa   ½-½ 27 2016 Aeroflot Open B D85 Grunfeld 24. R Praggnanandhaa vs L Babujian   1-0 34 2016 Aeroflot Open B C53 Giuoco Piano 25. R Praggnanandhaa vs P Schreiner   0-1 55 2016 Aeroflot Open B C55 Two Knights Defense  page 1 of 53; games 1-25 of 1,308

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< Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 6 OF 9 ·  Later Kibitzing> Jul-07-18    tpstar: <more wins than draws> Great question! Jonny Hector Jul-07-18    OhioChessFan: Not to mention the LM with far more wins than draws: A J Goldsby Jul-08-18    Granny O Doul: I'm surprised and impressed to learn that Karjakin remains the youngest ever. I had assumed the record was still being broken every six months. Jul-09-18    jith1207: Usually, <more wins than draws> could mean losses were more than draws too! As in the above examples given. You may need to narrow down to GMs who have < more wins than draws > and < more draws than losses >. Jul-09-18    alexmagnus: <I'm surprised and impressed to learn that Karjakin remains the youngest ever. I had assumed the record was still being broken every six months.> The record was never broken after as short as eix months. Indeed, only once did it hold less than a year - in 1997, when Bacrot broke the record (held by Leko back then, three year old one) in March and Ponomariov improved it in December of the same year. He is the fulll timeline of the youngest GM ever record since the GM titles started getting awarded officially in 1950: 1950: Bronstein 1952: Petrosian 1955: Spassky 1958: Fischer 1991: Polgar 1994: Leko March 1997: Bacrot December 1997: Ponomariov 1999: Bu 2002: Karjakin. Jul-10-18    Granny O Doul: That is some great trivia there. Everyone knows Fischer was the youngest-ever GM for thirty-odd years, but how many know whose record he broke? It's like Reggie Jackson breaking Billy Martin's record for most total bases in a six-game World Series. Jul-10-18    ChessHigherCat: Wise beyond his years: https://www.google.com/search?q=Ram... Jul-20-18    norami: There's a golfer in the Open named Jazz Janewattananond. Aug-26-18    Knight13: <Everyone knows Fischer was the youngest-ever GM for thirty-odd years, but how many know whose record he broke? It's like Reggie Jackson breaking Billy Martin's record for most total bases in a six-game World Series.> So are you saying that Fischer breaking Spassky's record is more impressive than Polgar breaking Fischer's record? Oct-21-18    ketchuplover: He did something vs. Leko today Oct-22-18    ketchuplover: Drawn goes Leko and down goes Eljanov! or however it's spelled Oct-22-18    Nisjesram: Anand too draws in second round. . Oct-23-18    Nisjesram: <India's wunderkind, GM R Praggnanandhaa scored the biggest upset of the day by taking down GM Pavel Eljanov of Ukraine. Rated 2703, Eljanov is not only about 200 points higher rated than Praggnanandhaa, but he is also one of the former winners of the event. The game hadn't begun very promisingly for Praggnanandhaa. Eljanov had opened with the Richter-Rauzer variation of the Sicilian with the black pieces and had a comfortable position out of the opening. Praggnanandhaa's attempt to create play on the kingside was aptly countered by Eljanov with a pawn break in the centre. By the 26th move, the Ukrainian grandmaster was a pawn ahead and had complete control over the position. The game hadn't begun very promisingly for Praggnanandhaa. Eljanov had opened with the Richter-Rauzer variation of the Sicilian with the black pieces and had a comfortable position out of the opening. Praggnanandhaa's attempt to create play on the kingside was aptly countered by Eljanov with a pawn break in the centre. By the 26th move, the Ukrainian grandmaster was a pawn ahead and had complete control over the position. But just when it seemed Praggnanandhaa was in a bit of trouble, he found a way to complicate the position. Taking a page off Vidit Gujrathi's book, Praggnanandhaa essayed an ingenious queen sacrifice that led to an unclear position. After the haze had cleared, Praggananandhaa had emerged an exchange ahead in the material count. Eljanov had just one pawn to compensate for this but his connected passed pawns on the kingside looked particularly threatening. In the final phase of the game, Praggnanandha rushed to create a passed pawn of his own to generate sufficient counterplay in order to stymie Black's kingside passers. Once this was accomplished, converting the game was only a matter of technique> https://www.firstpost.com/sports/is... Jan-27-19    ketchuplover: 5.5/13 at Tata Steel Event :( Jan-28-19    zanzibar: Photographic evidence that Praggu can hang with the big dogs! https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Dx74uvx... . Jan-30-19    Chessinfinite: A very good performance by Pragyananda at Tata steel tournament! Congrats. He will become a stronger GM, event top 10, and definitely among India's best hope. Mar-08-19    Nic Olas: Is anyone out there up to posting the games from tata steel india blitz 2018? I know nothing about pgn if i get no response i may try however. I watched some of the games of Pragg and was really impressed especially by his swindle vs Nakamura. Mar-08-19    HeMateMe: Quite a prodigy! And,the name is quite a scrabble rack. Mar-08-19    alfamikewhiskey: <swindle vs Nakamura> swindle, idk. pleasing, anyway. here: <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kht...> Jul-30-19    diagonal: Praggnanandhaa took the traditional <Xtracon Chess Open> (2019) in Copenhagen (formerly known as <Politiken Cup>, a pretty famous series, starting already in 1979). The chess prodigy Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa finished clear first at 8.5/10, half a point ahead of shared Aryan Tari, Gabriel Sargissian, Evgeny Postny, Samuel Sevian and Allan Stig Rasmussen who all shared second place, listed in tie-break order: http://www.xtraconchessopen.dk/inde... (recent edition) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xtrac... (survey of all winners) Aug-01-19    MrMelad: <ChessHigherCat: Wise beyond his years> And between his ears :) Aug-10-19    WTHarvey: R Praggnanandhaa vs Alexander Krastev, Porto Carras, 2015 White to move and win. click for larger view Solution (in reverse) 2.Qxf4 Qxe7 1.Nxe7 Oct-12-19    dwavechess: Congratulations Pragg!! Second youngest U18 World Youth Champion!! Only couple months older than Ponomariov's record Jan-28-20    JonathanJ: Does his name remind anybody else of this video meme? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ESh... Apr-11-21    cro777: With a round to spare Praggnanandhaa  has won the online Polgar Challenge, the first leg of the Julius Baer Challengers. He will now join the stars in the next Meltwater Champions Chess Tour event, starting April 24. Vladimir Kramnik on Praggnanandhaa: "He reminds me so much of the young Vishy! It's not unrealistic to predict that he will play a match for the World Championship some day." The Julius Baer Challengers Chess Tour is a set of tournaments running alongside the Meltwater Champions Chess Tour bringing together 20 of the most exciting young male and female chess players. These players compete individually for their teams, either Team Polgar or Team Kramnik. Praggnanandhaa competes for Team Kramnik. Jump to page #   (enter # from 1 to 9) search thread:    < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 6 OF 9 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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