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 52; games 1-25 of 1,299  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 52; games 1-25 of 1,299

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< Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 7 OF 9 ·  Later Kibitzing> Apr-11-21    0ZeR0: <cro777> A very fine showing from Praggnanandhaa indeed. That's quite the praise from Kramnik, and I only hope that one day his prediction will come true. Apr-16-21    cro777: The New In Chess Classic, the fifth leg of the Meltwater Champions Chess Tour, starts on April 24 (Preliminaries, Day 1). Magnus Carlsen returns to action joined by 15 players including 15-year-old Praggnanandhaa. Pragg has qualified after winning the Polgar Challenge. the first event of the Julius Baer Challengers Chess Tour. https://championschesstour.com/new-... Apr-17-21    MissScarlett: <New In Chess Classic> is an oxymoron. Apr-25-21    cro777: First day of New In Chess Classic. Pragg: "I am just happy about the day." After an early win, Pragg recorded two draws before finishing with a win over Sergey Karjakin. https://championschesstour.com/indi... Apr-26-21    cro777: After 15 rounds in the New In Chess preliminaries Praggnanandhaa didn't qualify for the knockout phase, but at the end he held his own against the best: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Ez7r2A8... The winner was Carlsen ahead of Nakamura and Mamedyarov. Carlsen: "Pragg is very, very strong. He is not out of sorts here, in this field at all. At least my impression is that he is already very, very strong". Jun-10-21    cro777: As a member of the Kramnik team, Pragg is participating in the Gelfand Challenge, the second of five events on the Julius Baer Challengers Chess Tour which is taking place on chess24 from June 10-13. (The first event was the Polgar challenge won by Pragg.) Two teams of young stars captained by Vladimir Kramnik and Judit Polgar are competing in a 20-player rapid round-robin. The winner earns a place on the next event on the Meltwater Champions Chess Tour, starting June 26. https://chess24.com/en/read/news/ge... Jun-13-21    cro777: The Gelfand Challenge was a very close race with Gukesh winning on tiebreaks ahead of Pragg and Keymer just 0,5 point behind. Jun-14-21    cro777: Another excellent performance by Pragg. Praggnanandhaa: "Finished 2nd in the Gelfand Challenge. Congrats to Gukesh!" Viswanathan Anand: "Congrats to both my boys for 1 st place Gukesh and Praggnanandha! Great result." Jun-14-21    WannaBe: Like to see that last name spelled out on the back of a sports jersey. NBA have the Greek Freak, Chess have Rameshbabu Jul-08-21    Albertan: Chess prodigy Praggnanandhaa ready for the World Cup: https://sportstar.thehindu.com/ches... Aug-19-21    Albertan: Praggnanandhaa takes RTU Open blitz chess https://sportstar.thehindu.com/ches... Sep-20-21    Williebob: GM Pragg has won his first nine games in the Hou Yifan Challenge rapid tournament. He must be in a hurry to fix his FIDE Rapid rating, which has obviously been untended for a while, standing at... 1821! https://en.chessbase.com/post/hou-y... Sep-20-21    MissScarlett: Those games aren't rated. Otherwise his performance at the New In Chess Classic (2021) would probably have put his rating over 2000. Noteworthy that Mishra is only on 3/8, underlying the folly of giving him an invite to the Chessable Masters (2021). Sep-20-21    Williebob: <Miss S> Ah yes, this is another online contest. I guess Pragg will need to wait a bit. I think the main reason for throwing 12 year olds in among the lions is to develop that priceless sense of contempt that every true professional relies upon. Sep-20-21    Z truth 000000001: Can anybody explain the incongruity between his <Rapid Rating> vs. both his classical and blitz? It's as deep as the Grand Canyon. And yes, he has played far, far fewer rapid games (itself a bit of a mystery if he wanted to be as well-rounded as possible), but still. It seems to me that he played enough in 2019 to get much closer alignment. Sep-20-21    Z truth 000000001: https://ratings.fide.com/profile/25... Sep-20-21    MissScarlett: What rapid events did he play in 2019? Sep-20-21    Z truth 000000001: I don't know. The breakdown table after the FIDE rate chart timeline shows ~15 rapid games played in Dec-2019 when he was 1781 rapid, ~2500 in both classic+blitz. Unless I'm mistaken. Sep-20-21    Williebob: The FIDE site has an 'individual calculations' page that shows specific events and results, though I don't understand some of the data headers and codings. It looks like Pragg gained 39 rapid points this year from his two tie-break wins against GM Krasenkow in the World Cup (with Krasenkow losing 39 points for same, what an irritating situation!) He played two FIDE Rapid events in 2019, both were in India and confined to Indian players. Before that, 2017 saw some progress in a few events as well against mostly Russian players of lower tier. Altogether it does appear that Pragg simply has not played many rated rapid events. Being of school age, I suspect his schedule has required careful selection for maximum impact. The rapid rating clearly has to wait its turn. Sep-20-21    Williebob: If FIDE bumped GM Praggnanandhaa's Rapid rating floor up to 2300, who would object? It seems arbitrary and ridiculous that he has to climb this particular ladder after passing his GM norms at age 12. Sep-20-21    alexmagnus: Rapid ratings change very quickly, so no need for such a floor. Sep-21-21    Z truth 000000001: I still am perplexed at the breakdown of games from 2019. He played a lot of 2100 players, and I don't think he won a single game. (Please double-check me, I might be mistaken). If he were 2500, as classical+blitz would suggest, I would think that there should have been a few wins. Also, is it fair for the rapid rating to be that far off, all the 1300 rated opponents should never be paired against a 2500. I thought the K-factor allows a quicker rating adjustment for just such a case. Sep-21-21    Williebob: <Z truth>, I'm going with what appears to be the result column on the FIDE page, but the column isn't labeled. Over those two big Indian rapid events in 2019, he scored +9 =4 -2, with losses to IM S. Nitin and GM Prasanna V. Vishnu. Who uses their Rapid rating as their calling card? How about GM Grigoriy Oparin, who is currently #19 in the world in Rapid at 2745, nearly 100 points higher than his standard rating (#88 in the world)? What is he, some kind of rapid specialist? Sep-21-21    Z truth 000000001: Well, <Williebob>, given that his rapid rating was 1700 he had a lot (and I do mean *a lot*) of 1300 opponents as well. I'd prefer his stats for opponents rated over 2000 be included as well, just for comparative purposes. Speaking of comparative purposes, I quickly scanned down the rating chart timelines for the top few classically rating junior players: https://ratings.fide.com/top_lists.... (Pick the <Standard - Top 100 Juniors>) Apparently Pagg isn't the only player whose rapid rating falls far below his standard+blitz average. E.g. there's also these Indian players: https://ratings.fide.com/profile/46... https://ratings.fide.com/profile/35... But compare to this Indian player: https://ratings.fide.com/profile/25... There are, of course, other cases from other federations. It's curious that it's always rapid which seems to be lowest vs blitz. I suppose blitz games are more numerous. But might it be that the K-factor is too small for these oddball cases? Hmm... Sep-23-21    Albertan: Praggnanandhaa finishes third ,makes tour finals: https://www.thehindu.com/sport/othe... 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