As a little kid, R. Praggnanandhaa used to frequently disturb his elder sister Vaishali whenever she played chess. He was fascinated by the strange little pieces and used to pluck them from the board to play.
“So we got a board for him. The chess pieces were his first toys, he was three then,” said his mother Nagalakshmi.
The little fellow has come a long way. One of the world’s youngest when he became a Grandmaster four years ago, the 16-year-old from Chennai shocked World champion Magnus Carlsen in the online rapid Airthings Masters recently as the world watched in disbelief.
