R Praggnanandhaa: The OG, original child prodigy, now challenger to World No 1 Magnus Carlsen
On Monday, Pragg nudged a reminder by downing the reigning US chess champion Fabiano Caruana via the tiebreaker to enter the final in Baku,
where Magnus Carlsen, the modern day chess genius, another OG, awaits him
The other bright young stars – D Gukesh, Arjun Erigaisi, Nihal Sarin
– are all walking the path paved by the Chennai boy who goes by the name of Pragg on the global chess circuit.
the modern day chess genius, another OG, awaits him. Befittingly,
Viswanathan Anand, who breathlessly tweeted about Pragg’s progress, would be moved to post: “what a performance”.