Praggnanandhaa do not let down learn from Chandrayaan-3 you can win Chess World Cup next time

Well, talking about career, R. Pragyananda started playing chess because of her parents, who wanted her and her sister not to watch TV. At that time, he did not know that his decision to stay away from TV would prove to be a boon for his son and daughter. Pragyananda has become the pride of the country at the age when children prepare for class 10th and 12th exams or are engrossed in sports. The 18-year-old youngster has long been touted as the successor to Viswanathan Anand, who is a 5-time world champion.

By becoming only the second Indian to make it to the Candidates at such a young age, the Chennai teenager proved that he is not going to be easy to deal with when it comes to the big chess events. This young player, who started this game at the age of 4.5 years, has done many miracles in his career so far. Pragyananda is growing steadily under Anand’s guidance.

Pragyananda showed that she is capable of beating the best players at their own game under pressure when she defeated world No. 1 and former Classic champion Magnus Carlsen in an online tournament last year. However, there are still questions over his potential in the classic format. Despite this, reaching the final of the FIDE World Cup at such a young age is no less than a great achievement. The teen grandmaster has shown that he is capable of making it to the big leagues.

The Chennai-based Pragya proved her mettle by winning the National Under-7 title and has been on the rise ever since. At the age of 10 he became an International Master and two years later he became a Grandmaster. At the end of 2019, he achieved an Elo rating of 2600 at the age of 14 years and three months, and thus started growing rapidly in his charismatic journey. In 2020, when everything was closed during the Kovid-19 pandemic, it was a bit difficult, but Pragyananda did well in online tournaments and kept getting better.

He had a stellar 2021 on the Meltwater Champions Tour, registering wins over veterans like Sergey Karjakin, Teimur Rajabaev and Jan-Krzysztof Duda and drawing with Carlsen. He surprised everyone by defeating Carlsen at the Airthings Masters Rapid tournament in 2022. He became only the third Indian after Anand and P. Harikrishna to turn the tide against the seemingly unbeatable Carlsen. Pragyananda has a calm demeanor but has tremendous aggression in his game.

He produced a charismatic performance against world No. 2 Hikaru Nakamura and then won the semi-finals in a tiebreak against world No. 3 Fabiano Caruana. During this, his restraint was amazing. Grandmaster M Shyam Sundar says for him – Pragyananda’s biggest strength is that he can defend against the best players even in bad conditions.

Like Anand, family support has been the biggest reason for his success. Especially his mother Nagalakshmi is constantly present with him in tournaments. Under the guidance of renowned coaches RB Ramesh and later Anand, Pragyananda has given a new dimension to her game. That’s why Vishwanathan Anand, overwhelmed by his extraordinary talent, says – He is the youth of the golden age.
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