Brief by Shorts91 Newsdesk / 09:18am on 17 Oct 2024,Thursday Sports
At the WR Masters, 19-year-old Praggnanandhaa defeated his mentor, Viswanathan Anand, in an Armageddon round, highlighting a generational shift in Indian chess. Praggnanandhaa, who became the second-youngest Grandmaster at 12 years, 10 months, first faced Anand in the 2018 Tata Steel Chess India blitz when he was just 13. Their match is one of the most-watched chess videos on YouTube. Although Praggnanandhaa later became the third-youngest Grandmaster after Javokhir Sindarov of Uzbekistan, he made his mark by defeating Sergey Karjakin in Kolkata, the previous record holder. This recent victory further cements his position in the chess world.
