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Praggu, you are a genius!
Updated On: 22 May, 2022 07:21 AM IST | Mumbai | Manisha Mohite
Chennai’s 16-year-old chess prodigy R Praggnanandhaa capitalises on Magnus Carlsen’s blunder to stun world champion for the second time in three months; coach Ramesh calls it a morale-boosting victory
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Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa. Pic/ AFP
What are the odds that a consecutive five-time reigning world chess champion crashes to defeat twice in the span of just about three months to a talented teenager rated more than 100 points below him? Appears highly improbable, but then, 16-year-old Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa, hailed as one of the child prodigies, has this uncanny knack of creating upsets when least expected.
Late Friday night, Praggu as he is affectionately called, had the proverbial midnight oil burning, not to study for his ongoing board exams, but for sort of an encore, defeating Carlsen in the fifth round of the Chessable Masters Online Rapid Chess tournament, earlier being on the winning side in February at the eighth round of the Airthings Masters, another online Rapid tournament played then.
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