{"id":451600,"date":"2024-05-12T04:57:00","date_gmt":"2024-05-12T04:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/blog\/2024\/05\/12\/time-to-brag-anand-mahindra-praises-chess-prodigy-r-praggnanandhaa-after-draw-with-magnus-carlsen\/"},"modified":"2024-05-12T04:57:00","modified_gmt":"2024-05-12T04:57:00","slug":"time-to-brag-anand-mahindra-praises-chess-prodigy-r-praggnanandhaa-after-draw-with-magnus-carlsen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/blog\/2024\/05\/12\/time-to-brag-anand-mahindra-praises-chess-prodigy-r-praggnanandhaa-after-draw-with-magnus-carlsen\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Time To Brag&#8230;&#8221;: Anand Mahindra Praises Chess Prodigy R Praggnanandhaa After Draw With Magnus Carlsen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div itemprop=\"articleBody\" id=\"ins_storybody\"><!-- \n\n<div itemprop=\"articleBody\" class=\"sp-cn ins_storybody\" id=\"ins_storybody\">--><\/p>\n<div class=\"ins_instory_dv\">\n<div class=\"ins_instory_dv_cont\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"'Time To Brag...': Anand Mahindra Praises Chess Prodigy R Praggnanandhaa After Draw With Magnus Carlsen\" alt=\"'Time To Brag...': Anand Mahindra Praises Chess Prodigy R Praggnanandhaa After Draw With Magnus Carlsen\" id=\"story_image_main\" src=\"https:\/\/c.ndtvimg.com\/2024-04\/mntgveng_r-praggnanandhaa_625x300_11_April_24.jpg\"\/><\/div>\n<p class=\"ins_instory_dv_caption sp_b\">Praggnanandhaa started playing at the tender age of 5<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Indian chess prodigy R Praggnanandhaa continues to impress on the world stage, this time holding the mighty Magnus Carlsen to a thrilling draw. The result has elicited praise from across the nation, including industrialist Anand Mahindra. Praggnanandhaa, 18, has become a serious challenger to Mr Carlsen&#8217;s dominance. Their recent encounter was a tense battle, with neither player able to secure a decisive advantage at the Superbet tournament in Poland.<\/p>\n<p>Anand Mahindra, known for his active social media presence and support for Indian talent, took to Twitter to acknowledge Praggnanandhaa&#8217;s achievement. He wrote, &#8220;Time to brag about \u00a0Pragg&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>See the post here:<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Time to brag about Pragg\u2026<\/p>\n<p>&#x1f64c;&#x1f3fd; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/bgMx3vLAbO\">https:\/\/t.co\/bgMx3vLAbO<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 anand mahindra (@anandmahindra) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/anandmahindra\/status\/1789340639639007608?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 11, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Since being posted on X, the post has amassed more than 3 lakh views and congratulatory messages from internet users.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A user wrote, &#8220;He is genius really. Setting examples.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Another user commented, &#8220;India is full of champions in every field, especially Sports and Music.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Gem of India, protect him at all cost,&#8221; the third user wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, Chess legend Gary Kasparov praised young grandmaster R Praggnanandhaa, who gave autographs to fans during the Rapid and Blitz tournament, and said the way he was giving signature means &#8220;hand doesn&#8217;t get sore so quickly&#8221;.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Garry Gasparov posted a video on X with the caption: &#8220;Smart lad; a fast and short signature means your hand doesn&#8217;t get sore so quickly!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Praggnanandhaa started playing at the tender age of 5 and went on to become India&#8217;s youngest and the then world&#8217;s second-youngest Grandmaster at age 12 in 2018. He is the fifth-youngest person to achieve the title of Grandmaster after Abhimanyu Mishra, Sergey Karjakin, Gukesh D and Javokhir Sindarov.<\/p>\n<p>Click for more <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ndtv.com\/offbeat\">trending news<\/a><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ndtv.com\/offbeat\/time-to-brag-anand-mahindra-praises-chess-prodigy-r-praggnanandhaa-after-draw-with-magnus-carlsen-5644449\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Praggnanandhaa started playing at the tender age of 5 Indian chess prodigy R Praggnanandhaa continues to impress on the world stage, this time holding the mighty Magnus Carlsen to a thrilling draw. The result has elicited praise from across the nation, including industrialist Anand Mahindra. 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