The Life Of Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa - India Youngest Grandmaster.

Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa is the youngest International Master in the world, 10 years old. At the KIIT International Chess Festival in Bhubaneswar on Sunday Beat the Grandmaster in the ninth round. He feels his mentor RB Ramesh is well on his way to become the youngest Grandmasters ever. Sergei Karjakin now holds a record 12 years and seven months for the youngest Grandmaster. His elder sister, R Vaishali 15, is already a world-class junior champion for under-14.

Biography Of Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa

Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa is the youngest International Master in the world, 10 years old. At the KIIT International Chess Festival in Bhubaneswar on Sunday Beat the Grandmaster in the ninth round. He feels his mentor RB Ramesh is well on his way to become the youngest Grandmasters ever. Sergei Karjakin now holds a record 12 years and seven months for the youngest Grandmaster. His elder sister, R Vaishali 15, is already a world-class junior champion for under-14.

For the last two years, they have trained at Chess Gurukul in Chennai, guided by their father A RamesHbabu who is disabled by polio physically. The family lives in a household in the middle class, which cannot afford overseas trip expenditures for contests. An interview with ESPN, Rameshrabu, plus additional Prague Gnanandhhaa video footage. The youngest and third youngest GM in chess history are Magnus Carlsen and Sergey Karjakin. At 13 years, 4 months, and 27 days, Carlsen turned GM. Thirteen years and four months are Karjaken.

Ramesh Babu (father) and Nagalakshmi (mother) gave birth to Praggnanandhaa R on August 10, 2005 in Chennai, Tamil Nadu (mother). His father, K Ramesh Babu, is a Tamil Nadu State Corporation Bank employee, while his mother is a homemaker. He lives in the Chennai neighborhood of Padi.

Rameshbabu, his father, was paralyzed by Polio as a child. He is a graduate and works at the Tamil Nadu State Corporation Bank.

His mother drives him to several international competitions while his father is at work.

Vaishali Rameshbabu, his older sister, is a star in Indian chess on her own merit. Vaishali is a Grandmaster and two-time Youth Chess Champion.

Date Of Birth: August 10, 2005

Age: 15 years

Place Of Birth: Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Profession: Chess

Nickname: Praggu

Full Name: Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu

Other Name: Prajnananda Ramesh Babu

Personal Information

Religion: Hinduism

Languages: English , Tamil

Nationality: Indian

Ethnicities: Indian , Tamilian

Coach: R. B. Ramesh

Family

Father: Ramesh Babu (works at State Corporation Bank)

Mother: Nagalakshmi

Sister: R. Vaishali (elder; chess player)

Interest

Favorite sports persons: Magnus Carlsen & Vishwanathan Anand

Interesting Facts and Trivia about Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa

• His elder sister is also a chess player. He is a two-time champion in youth chess.
• They are quite competitive, he and his sister rarely play against each other and they don't want to fight their parents.
• His parents wanted to make Prague a Chess player, Vaishali was already a player and the family could not afford two expenditures.
• For 4-5 hours a day, Praggnanandha practices.
• When he was 5, he learned chess.
• Coach: RB Ramesh coaches Praggnanandhaa. In 2002 and 2007, R.B Ramesh is a past champion and has won the British Championship. He is named "Chess Gurukul," his chess school. Aarthie Ramaswamy's wife Ramesh is also a Great Master. The first great master pair in India is Ramesh and Aarthie. Aravindh's Chithambaram is another Gurukul prodigy
• He visits his grandma regularly and travels to the temple to celebrate his successes. Praggna is a very indigenous boy.
• Chennai Heroes: he has been nominated for the Kerala Floods Sports Award of the "Heroes of Chennai" Donation: Praggnanandhaa gave 10 000 INR apiece to the flood relief fund with his sister Vaishali

Titles & Awards Of Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa

At the World Junior Chess Championships in November 2017 Praggnanandhaa got his first Grandmaster Standards with 8 points. On the 17th of April, he won his second standard for the GM Norm event in Greece at Heraklion Fischer Memorial. At the Grenadine Open in Urtijëi, Italy, on 23 June 2018, he reached his third and final standard by beating Luca Moroni during the 8th round.

He was the second youngest person ever to reach grandmaster status. Sergey Karjakin is the youngest, and he was awarded the title at the age of 12. Praggnanandhaa won the World Championships for young people under the age of 18 on October 12, 2019. Then the second youngest one to pass over the milestone 2600 Elo was Praggnanandhaa. At 14 years of age, the chess prodigy achieved so.

Global Child Prodigy Awardee

The first and only celebration for the world's unique gifted kids is Global Child Prodigy. The GCP Award list covers youngsters with high skills in their sector. 

In 2020, R. Praggnanandhaa was awarded the Global Sport Child Prodigy Award. He was also included among the world's Top 100 Child Prodigies. Praggnanandhaa was named 2020 Young Athlete of the Year by Sportstar Aces.

Praggnanandhaa, a student at R. B. Ramesh, celebrated a terrific 2019 with the World's under-18 Championship. His successes at the Xtracon Open and London Chess Classic Open demonstrated his ability to do more than others in his age group.

Praggnanandhaa is well-known for its meticulous preparations to open the gallery and its profound grasp of strategic and tactical formations on the boards. He became the youngest Indian to cross the 2600s, beating previous year's record of Nihal Sarin.

The youngest individual ever to obtain an International Master is Praggnanandhaa. On 29 May 2016, at the age of ten, 10 months and 9 days, he broke the record of Sergey Karjakin over a year. 

He became the second youngest person, after Sergey Karjakin became a grandmaster in June 2018 with the age of 12 years, ten months and fourteen days, and, together with Karjakin, only one of the two players was awarded the title prior to 13 years of age.

Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa Notable Games

•   A Bachmann vs R Praggnanandhaa, 2016 0-1
•    R Praggnanandhaa vs T S Ravi, 2018 1-0
•    R Pruijssers vs R Praggnanandhaa, 2018 0-1
•    R Praggnanandhaa vs D Howell, 2017 1-0
•    W So vs R Praggnanandhaa, 2018 0-1
•    R Praggnanandhaa vs J van Foreest, 2017 1-0
•    R Praggnanandhaa vs S Cohen Revivo, 2016 1-0
•    R Praggnanandhaa vs G Meier, 2018 1/2-1/2
•    R Praggnanandhaa vs C Schoppen, 2017 1-0
•    R Praggnanandhaa vs Pierre Laurent-Paoli, 2017 1-0

NOTABLE TOURNAMENTS: 

•    London Chess Classic Open (2019)
•    Tata Steel Top-tienkamp (2017)
•    Xtracon Open (2019)
•    World Junior Championship (2017)
•    World Junior Championship (2019)
•    Reykjavik Open (2018)
•    World Junior Championship (2016)
•    Gibraltar Masters (2020)
•    World Cadets U12 (2016)
•    Reykjavik Open (2019)
•    World Junior Championship (2014)
•    Chigorin Memorial (2017)
•   Isle of Man Masters (2016)
•    Reykjavik Open (2017)
•    FIDE Online Olympiad (2020)

Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa Top List Records