Praggnanandhaa became the No.1 chess player in India on Tuesday. "For the first time in his career, GM Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu took the number-one spot among Indian players in the live ratings on Tuesday. The 18-year-old prodigy from Chennai beat World Champion Ding Liren at the 2024 Tata Steel Chess Tournament and leapfrogged GM Viswanathan Anand," Chess.com said.
World No.1 Magnus Carlsen won his first-ever Chess World Cup title after defeating 18-year-old Praggnanandhaa in two consecutive rapid games in the tie-breaks.
From becoming the youngest International Master in the history of Chess at the age of 10 to defeating World number 2 and 3 at 18 years of age, the Indian Prodigy will now go up against World Number 1.
India s 16-year-old Grandmaster Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa shocked world champion Magnus Carlsen of Norway in the eighth round of the Airthings Masters online rapid chess tournament on Monday.