Over the last four months or so, R. Praggnanandhaa has made rapid progress in his game, beating five-time World champion and reigning World No. 1 Magnus Carlsen twice (online) and Anish Giri, ranked World No.10 once (also online).
The 16-year-old from Chennai went down fighting to World No. 2 Ding Liren of China in the final of the online Chessable Masters tournament that concluded early on Friday.
When asked about the learning experience from the Chessable tournament, Pragg, at a virtual press conference, said, “many things”.