Who is India's youngest Chess player to beat World No 1 Magnus Carlsen?

Today General Knowledge(GK)

G. Akash

Parimarjan Negi

Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa

Pentala Harikrishna

Correct Answer : Option (C) - Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa

16-year old Indian Grandmaster "Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa" picked up a big win and made headlines after he stunned World Number one Magnus Carlsen from Norway in the eighth round of the Airthings Masters, an online rapid chess tournament. R Praggnanandhaa who was playing with black pieces completed the win in 39 moves.

With this, he became the fifth-youngest person ever to achieve the title of Grandmaster. This isn't the first of achievements for the youngster, back in 2016 he became the youngest international master in history, at the age of 10 years, 10 months, and 19 days. Earlier he also had won the World Youth Chess Championships U-8 title in 2013, which earned him the title of FIDE Master at the age of 7.

R Praggnanandhaa had earlier revealed that he got his love for chess from his sister who is also an international master. It is also learnt that his mother carries an induction-coil stove, rice and masalas to tours and cooks everything from sambar rice to thair sadaam (curd rice) for him.

In the Airthings Masters, Praggnanandhaa drew the first round with Le Quang Liem of Vietnam before he lost to Canadian Eric Hensen, Chinese Ding Liren and Poland's Jan-Krzysztof Duda. The next day he began with a draw against Dutch player Anish Giri before he lost to Shakhriyar Mamedyarov of Azerbaijan. He managed a win against America's Levon Aronian..

Source : Republic World

Published On : February 23, 2022

Category : Sports

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India to Host 2025 BWF World Junior Badminton Championships in___________.

Shillong

Guwahati

Bengaluru

Kolkata

Correct Answer : Guwahati

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Published On : May 3, 2024

Category : Sports

Q .

Who was recently awarded the title of Grandmaster by the International Chess Federation?

Nihal Sarin

Koneru Humpy

Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa

Vaishali Ramesh Babu

Correct Answer : Vaishali Ramesh Babu

Indian Chess Prodigy, Vaishali Ramesh Babu who has been awarded the title of Grandmaster by FIDE, the International Chess Federation said India is booming as far as the Chess landscape is concerned.

She also expressed confidence that India will perform well at the upcoming World Championship. Talking exclusively to Akashvani News, she lauded the contribution of Chess legend, Viswanathan Anand in taking Indian Chess to new heights.

While sharing her journey, Vaishali, said that it was due to her father’s decision to keep her away from television that she got enrolled into a Chess academy. She added that her parents have been her big support system.

Vaishali is the third Indian female Grandmaster, joining Koneru Humpy and Harika Dronavalli. Vaishali completed the requisite 2500 ELO points at the Llobregat Open tournament in Spain, last year. However, the title was officially given to her only recently following the FIDE Council meeting during the Candidates Tournament in Toronto last month..

Source : AIR

Published On : May 2, 2024

Category : Sports

Q .

India test fired smart anti-submarine missile developed by whom?

HAL

ISRO

DRDO

None of these

Correct Answer : DRDO

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Published On : May 2, 2024

Category : Defence