Chess prodigy Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa features in Nirmala Sitharaman’s Interim Budget speech
Nirmala Sitharaman also noted that India now has 80 Chess Grandmasters as opposed to just 20 in 2010.
New Delhi: Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa, the 18-year-old Indian chess prodigy, on Thursday found mention in finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s Interim Budget speech.
Praggnanandhaa, India’s latest chess sensation, found a special mention in the Interim Budget speech as Sitharaman noted that he is giving a tough fight to world number 1 Magnus Carlsen.
Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa had become India’s number 1 player in 2023.
Last year, Praggnanandhaa finished runners-up in the 2023 Chess World Cup after losing in the final to Norwegian World No.1 and five-time world champion Magnus Carlsen.
The final had been pushed to tie-breakers after the two classical games ended in draws. Carlsen won the first game after which Praggnanandhaa chose to shake hands on a draw in the second.
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