Is Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa a world champion?
Rameshbabu “Pragg” Praggnanandhaa (born 10 August 2005) is a chess grandmaster from India. Rameshbabu was a chess prodigy who won the international master title at the age of ten, the youngest at the time, and the grandmaster title at the age of twelve, the second-youngest at the time. Rameshbabu became the youngest player ever to…
Rameshbabu “Pragg” Praggnanandhaa (born 10 August 2005) is a chess grandmaster from India. Rameshbabu was a chess prodigy who won the international master title at the age of ten, the youngest at the time, and the grandmaster title at the age of twelve, the second-youngest at the time. Rameshbabu became the youngest player ever to defeat current world champion Magnus Carlsen in a rapid game in the Airthings Masters Rapid Chess Tournament on 22 February 2022, at the age of 16.
Praggnanandhaa became a FIDE Master at the age of seven after winning the World Youth Chess Championship Under-8 title in 2013. In 2015, he won the Under-10 title.
Praggnanandhaa became the world’s youngest international master in 2016, at the age of ten years, ten months, and nineteen days. In November 2017, he earned his first grandmaster norm after coming fourth with 8 points at the World Junior Chess Championship. On April 17, 2018, he earned his second GM norm in the Heraklion Fischer Memorial GM norm competition in Greece. On June 23, 2018, Rameshbabu achieved his third and final norm at the Gredine Open in Urtiji, Italy, defeating Luca Moroni in the eighth round to become the second-youngest person ever to gain the rank of grandmaster at the age of 12 years, 10 months, and 13 days (Sergey Karjakin attained the title at 12 years and 7 months). Rameshbabu is the fifth-youngest Grandmaster (GM) ever, following Abhimanyu Mishra, Sergey Karjakin, Gukesh D, and Javokhir Sindarov.
Is Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa a world champion?
On Monday morning, Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa, a 17-year-old Indian chess master, defeated world champion, Magnus Carlsen, in the last round of the FTX Crypto Cup in Miami, an international chess tournament.
