RAMESH BABU Praggnanandhaa

Pragg (Mirror Now YouTube channel, 09 Dec 2022)

Playing table tennis, playing cricket, watching TV. (bbc, 25 Feb 2022)

Student

English, Tamil

Westbridge Anand Chess Academy [Chennai, IND]

RB Ramesh, IND

His older sister Vaishali has played chess at elite level, and received the title of International Master in 2021. (business-standard, 2022; fide, 27 Oct 2021)

He began playing chess at age five. (business-standard, 2022)

His older sister began playing chess and he followed suit. "It came to me naturally and became a part of my life." (Mirror Now YouTube channel, 09 Dec 2022; globalindian, 29 Nov 2022)

He trains for between four and five hours per day. (business-standard, 2022)

Indian chess player Viswanathan Anand, Norwegian chess player Magnus Carlsen. (business-standard, 2022)

In 2022 he received the Arjuna Award for Outstanding Performance in Sports and Games in India. (Mirror Now YouTube channel, 09 Dec 2022; globalindian, 29 Nov 2022)

He received the title of Grandmaster from the International Chess Federation [FIDE] in 2018. (FIDE, 11 Jul 2018)

He received the title of International Master from FIDE in 2016. (FIDE, 11 Jul 2018)