PM Modi meets chess prodigy Praggnanandhaa and parents Rameshbabu and Nagalakshmi, in New Delhi on Thursday.
PM Modi meets chess prodigy Praggnanandhaa and parents
Rameshbabu and Nagalakshmi, in New Delhi on Thursday.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday met FIDE World Cup 2023 runner-up chess prodigy Grandmaster R. Praggnanandhaa and his parents Rameshbabu and Nagalakshmi, in New Delhi.
After meeting with the child prodigy, PM mentioned that India’s youth can conquer any domain and congratulated him on his brilliant performance at the International Chess Federation (FIDE).
Taking to his social media platform X, Modi said that Praggnanandhaa personify passion and perseverance.
He added that Praggnanandhaa
personifies passion and perseverance. His example shows how India’s youth can conquer any domain. Proud of him.
Praggnanandhaa along with his parents had visited the residence of the prime minister on Thursday.
Later, Praggnanandhaa thanked PM Modi for encouraging him and his parents.
Taking to his X (twitter) he wrote “It was a great honour to meet Hon’ble Prime Minister at his residence! Thank you sir for all the words of encouragement to him and his parents.
Notedly, On August 24, India’s grandmaster Praggnanandhaa was defeated by World No 1 Magnus Carlsen at the International Chess Federation World Cup in Baku, Azerbaijan.
The Norwegian chess grandmaster won the first game of the Rapid Chess tie-breaker with black pieces and managed to hold on for a draw in the second game with white pieces.
Earlier, Praggnanandhaa and Carlsen drew both their games of Classical Chess.
Praggnanandhaa had to settle for the position of runner-up of the 2023 FIDE World Cup but he will draw hope from the fact that he has qualified for the FIDE Candidates tournament.
The 2024 Candidates Tournament will be an eight-player chess tournament scheduled to be held from 2 April to 25 April 2024 in Toronto, Canada. The winner of the tournament will become the challenger for the 2024 World Chess Championship match.
Praggnanandhaa had an excellent tournament where he defeated World No. 2 Hikaru Nakamura in a tie-breaker while reaching the final defeating World No 3 Fabiano Caruana.
News Edit K.V.Raman
