Praggnanandhaa earlier drew with Le Quang Liem of Vietnam in the first round and lost to Canada’s Eric Hansen, Chinese Ding Liren, and Poland’s Jan-Krzysztof Duda.
Praggnanandhaa has had a stellar career so far. He is the fifth-youngest Grandmaster. Before him, Abhimanyu Mishra, Sergey Karjakin, Gukesh D, and Javokhir Sindarov have also achieved this title.
Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa, son of Rameshbabu and Nagalakshmi. Rameshbabu is a branch manager at Tamil Nadu State Corporation Bank and Nagalakshmi is a homemaker