File picture of Indian chess star R Praggnanandhaa.© yr
Sharing a video of R Praggnanandhaa's swish stroll after his win in opposition to world quantity two Fabiano Caruana in classical chess on the ongoing Norway Chess Match on Sunday, Mahindra Group Chairman Anand Mahindra highlighted the Indian participant's newest achievement and mentioned, “Now the world quantity two is in our lap.” Earlier within the event, Praggnanandhaa defeated world no 1 Magnus Carlsen in Spherical 3. Now, the Indian has achieved the extraordinary feat of defeating world primary and two gamers in the identical event.
“Prague. Now, that was World's #2 within the bag…”, Mahindra wrote in a publish on X.
Prague.
Now, it was world #2 within the bag…pic.twitter.com/ubBHzAjVlu
anand mahindra (@anandmahindra) June 2, 2024
Within the video, Praggnanandhaa might be seen strolling confidently, interacting with followers and signing autographs. Norway Chess, which posted the video on X from its official account, wrote, “Prague is again. Younger gifted Praggnanandhaa surprises the chess world once more by beating world quantity 2 Fabiano Caruana in spherical 5”.
It mentioned, “After beating World No.1 Magnus Carlsen in Spherical 3, he has now crushed the highest two gamers in classical chess for the primary time, and moved into the highest 10! What a event that is for Indian expertise #NorwayChess.”
Since being shared, this publish has been considered greater than 380K instances. Many customers have additionally commented on it congratulating Praggnanandhaa. One person wrote, “An awesome champion participant.”
One other person mentioned, “Prague is on fireplace! Subsequent cease: World No. 1? Can't wait to see what he does subsequent!”
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