WHO IS RAMESHBABU PRAGGNANANDHAA?
Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa
Indian chess grandmaster (GM) Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa defeated the world number one chess champion Magnus Carlsen of Norway in the eighth round of the Airthings Masters rapid online chess tournament in February 2022.
Born on August 10, 2005 in Tamil Nadu, he is the fifth-youngest person ever to achieve the title of Grandmaster (GM), behind Abhimanyu Mishra, Sergey Karjakin, Gukesh D and Javokhir Sindarov.
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