Chess Prodigy R Praggnanandhaa Picks His Favourite Cricketer

04.09.2023 - 09:35 sports.ndtv.com

1 Magnus Carlsen in a tie-breaker. After Praggnanandhaa returned home, he received a grand welcome in Chennai and also met Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

In a medi interaction, Praggnanandhaa gave insights into his chat with PM Modi during the meeting. It wasn't just chess that PM Modi and Praggnanadhaa discussed during the meet, with the latter revealing that cricket was also discussed.

Picking his favourite player, Praggnanandhaa took the name of India's veteran off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin. "PM Modi made me very comfortable.

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Grandmaster R Praggnanandhaa made the entire India proud as went as far as the final of the FIDE Chess World Cup. At the age of 18 years, Praggnanandhaa became the youngest Indian to have played in a Chess World Cup final, where he lost to World No. 1 Magnus Carlsen in a tie-breaker. After Praggnanandhaa returned home, he received a grand welcome in Chennai and also met Prime Minister Narendra Modi. In a medi interaction, Praggnanandhaa gave insights into his chat with PM Modi during the meeting.

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