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"9 Hours Of Sleep, Walk After Match...": R Praggnanandhaa's Coach Reveals Chess Prodigy's Routine

Teenaged Indian Grandmaster R Praggnanandhaa is breaking new grounds in the the Chess World Cup, scalping higher-rated opponents one after the other, but he is "handling himself mostly" as far as the nuances of the game are concerned. Praggnanandhaa is on his own at the Azerbaijan capital of Baku as his personal coach RB Ramesh is away in another country. His mother Nagalakshmi is looking after him but not for matters relating to the tactics of the game. "He (Praggnanandhaa) is handling himself mostly. I am just chatting on WhatsApp with him," Ramesh, himself a Grandmaster, told PTI.

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"9 Hours Of Sleep, Walk After Match...": R Praggnanandhaa's Coach Reveals Chess Prodigy's Routine

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R Praggnanandhaa: Not Just A Wonderkid, But A Great In The Making

BWF World Championships: Satwiksairaj Rankireddy-Chirag Shetty, Treesa Jolly-Gayatri Gopichand Reach Pre-Quarterfinals

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