Here are interesting facts about Grandmaster Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa

Here are some facts you must know about this young rising Grandmaster of Chess:

Praggnanandhaa started playing Chess at the age of 5.

He won the World Youth Chess Championship in the Under-8 category in 2013. This earned him the title of Federation Internationale des Echecs (FIDE) Master at the age of seven.

Praggnanandhaa is the youngest International Master in the history of Chess. International Master is the title given by Federation Internationale des Echecs (FIDE) for outstanding performances in the game.

Praggnanandhaa secured this title in 2016 as a 10-year-old. He is the second youngest Grandmaster in the history of Chess and also the youngest Indian to achieve the title.

Grandmaster is the highest title one can obtain in the game. This prodigious talent attained the title at the age of 12 years, 10 months and 13 days in June 2018 at the 4th Gredine Open in Ortisei, Italy.

The youngest player to defeat reigning multi-time World Champion Magnus Carlsen.