R Pragggnanandhaa and Anish Giri (Agency Photo) The Dutch Grand Master No. 1 Anish Giri (31) triggered a conversation in a chess world with a reaction to the language of r -pragggnanandhaa and became the new junior world No. 1. “Chess juniors must be at least U16 today, watching U20 players is absolutely unnecessary,” Giri, who currently holds a live rating of 2748.0 and is not the world. 10, wrote and indicated how elite young talents were already competing at the top of the Senior World ranking. The note came shortly after the remarkable victory of 19-year-old Pragggnanandhaa at the Uzchess Cup Masters 2025 in Uzbekistan, which made it a live rating of 2778.3-Blood, the world No. 4 and officially Indian highest chess player. Go beyond the border with our YouTube channel. Subscribe!He jumped both world champion D Gukesh (2776,6) and Arjun Erigaisi (2775,7), and regrouped the Indian chess hierarchy.The journey of Pragggnanandhaa to win was nothing dramatic. On the last day for Abdusattorov and Javokhir Sindarov of Abdusattor’s Abdusattorov, in the last classic round, he noticed a key victory over Abdusattorov to force a three -way tie. In the Tiebreaks Blitz, Pragggnanandhaa showed the nerves of steel and eventually won the tournament in the second set Rapid Games – his third classic title of the year.The five -time world champion Viswanathan Anand applauded the young man and said: “This victory seemed at least likely to go only two rounds … an impressive demonstration of character.”
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With this triumph, Pragnanandhaa Uzchess Cup adds to his interest of 2025, which already includes victory at the chess tournament Tata Steel and Superbet Classic in Romania. Recently, the finalist at Stepan Avagyan Memorial also completed.While Giri’s comment easily reduces the relevance of junior charts, the performance of Pragggnanandhaa gives one thing – the future of the world chess is already here and is prosperous in India.
