Winning this event made him the second Indian after Viswanathan Anand to do so. GM R Praggnanandhaa with his mother at Chennai airport. (PTI Photo) ...

IMAGE: R Praggnanandhaa received a warm welcome as hundreds of fans gathered to receive him at the airport in Chennai on Tuesday. Photographs: Screengrab via ANI/X Newly-crowned Tata Steel Chess ...

Bengaluru: In a year in which Gukesh became world champion and Arjun Erigaisi made an astounding climb up the world rankings, one Indian name that wasn’t heard as much was Praggnanandhaa.

Praggnanandhaa made it 1-1 in the blitz in the tie-breakers before a superb accurate game in sudden-death saw him triumph over the world champion in a thrilling end to the proceedings at Wijk Aan ...

Grandmaster R Praggnanandhaa triumphed at the Tata Steel Masters chess event in Netherlands, defeating world champion D. Gukesh 2-1 in the tiebreaker. Both players initially tied for first place ...