Chennai: Chess Grandmaster Pragggnanandhaa after he was felicitated by the Deputy Minister Tamil Nadhayanidhi Stalin in his camp in Chennai. (PTI Photo) (PTI06_12_2025_000215B) Five -time World Champion Magnus Carlsen welcomed Liquid to his team before the ESports World Cup, which will be held in Riyadh in Saudi Arabia, from 29 July to August 1.“Before the chess conquered the world, she was born in India. For centuries, India has shaped the game. Now she shapes the future. Pragggnanandhaa R. Bears this legacy in advance – and today join us. Welcome to the Liquid team.In response to the world No. 1, he wrote: “A number of letters in Pragggnanandhaa, but not« i ». Welcome to the team.”Pragggnanandhaa also shared his excitement: “Super enthusiastic about being part of the Liquid team! From India to the world, let’s take the chess together to the next level!”Pragggnanandhaa became the fourth Indian chess player who registered with the franchise of ESTS – after Arjun Erigaisi, Nihal Sarin and Aravindh Chithambaram.
The youngest chess player in the world is only 4 – and is from India
Arjun Erigaisi was brought up by generation games (gen.G), while Nihal Sarin and Aravindh Chithambarama were named in the list of India S8UL.Arjun is the only player who has already guaranteed an berth at the ESports World Championship, which will represent only 16 participants. Among those who have also qualified are Magnus Carlsen and Fabiano Caruana, who are part of a group of 12 grandmothers with confirmed places. Other players in this list include Hikaru Nakamura and Alireza Firouzja (both with team Sokol), Ian Nepomniachtchi (Aurora), Nodirbek Abdusatron (NAVI), Wei Yi (Weibov), Vladis), Vladis (Weibov) Artemiem (Team Spirit) and Vladimir Fedoseev.Meanwhile, R Pragggnanandhaa will compete under the team Liquid in Last Chance qualifications, where some of the biggest names in chess will compete for one of the four remaining places. The line -up for qualifications includes the ruling world champion Ding Liren (LGD), Wesley SO (NAVI), Oleksanddr Bortnyk (NAVI), Anish Giri (Team Secret) and Daniil Dubov (Team Spirit).
