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Full name | Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa |
Country | India |
Born | Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India | 10 August 2005
Title | Grandmaster (2018) |
FIDE rating | 2741 (February 2025) |
Peak rating | 2757 (July 2024) |
Ranking | No. 14 (February 2025) |
Peak ranking | No. 8 (July 2024) |
Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa (born 10 August 2005) is an Indian chess grandmaster currently ranked 14th in the world (7th in live ratings). His greatest career achievements so far are reaching the final of the Chess World Cup 2023 (which qualified him for the Candidates Tournament 2024 where he finished 5th/8) and winning the Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2025. A chess prodigy, he was the youngest to earn the International Master title and second youngest to become a grandmaster. His elder sister, Vaishali, is also a chess grandmaster.[1]