- BornAugust 10, 2005, Chennai, India
- CountryIndia
- TitleGrandmaster 2018
- Highest rating2785 (September 2025)
FIDE's official lists (from July 1971) - In the rankingsNo. 7 in the world, 2763
FIDE's list, November 2026
The 2023 World Cup
In a knockout, one bad day is enough to send you home. At the World Cup in Baku, Praggnanandhaa made it all the way to the final. He beat Hikaru Nakamura 3–1 and Fabiano Caruana 3½–2½, both in tiebreaks. In the final against Magnus Carlsen the two classical games were drawn, and Carlsen won the tiebreak 1½–½.
Main results
| Year | Event | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Chess Olympiad Chennai | Team bronze 6½ of 9 points |
| 2023 | FIDE World Cup, knockout Baku | 2nd place |
| 2024 | Candidates tournament Toronto | 5th place 7 of 14 points |
| 2024 | Chess Olympiad Budapest | Team gold 6 of 10 points |
| 2025 | Tata Steel Masters Wijk aan Zee | Winner 8½ of 13 points |
| 2025 | Superbet Chess Classic Bucharest | Winner |
| 2025 | UzChess Cup Tashkent | Winner |
| 2026 | Candidates tournament Cyprus | Shared 6th place 6 of 14 points |
| 2026 | Norway Chess Norway | Winner |
| 2026 | Sinquefield Cup St. Louis | Shared 1st place 5½ of 9 points |
| 2026 | Grand Chess Tour, overall | Winner |
| 2026 | Chess Olympiad Samarkand | Team silver, bronze on board 1 6½ of 10 points |
An early start
At ten Praggnanandhaa became an international master, the youngest yet. In June 2018 he became a grandmaster at 12 years, 10 months, and 13 days. Only Sergey Karjakin had been younger.
His older sister, Vaishali Rameshbabu, is also a grandmaster. They are the first brother and sister to both earn the title, and the first to both reach a Candidates tournament.
Tata Steel, Norway Chess, and the Grand Chess Tour
At the 2024 Candidates tournament in Toronto Praggnanandhaa came fifth, and that same year he played second board when India won the Chess Olympiad in Budapest. At Wijk aan Zee in 2025 he won the Tata Steel tournament after beating Gukesh Dommaraju in a tiebreak. That year he also won the Superbet Chess Classic in Bucharest and the UzChess Cup in Tashkent.
In 2026 he won Norway Chess with four straight wins in the last classical games, one of them against Carlsen. Then he won the overall Grand Chess Tour too. At the Sinquefield Cup he shared first place with Wesley So, who took the title in a final deciding game. At the Chess Olympiad in Samarkand India won silver, and Praggnanandhaa won bronze on first board.
Sources
- FIDE: Praggnanandhaa's rating history (ratings.fide.com, read 2026-11-09)
- Chess.com: player pages on Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu and Vaishali Rameshbabu
- Wikipedia: R Praggnanandhaa
- ChessBase: Vaishali becomes a grandmaster (2023)
- PGN Mentor: the games of the 2023 World Cup and the 2024 Candidates
- FIDE: the reports on the 2025 Superbet Chess Classic, the 2025 UzChess Cup, and the 2026 Sinquefield Cup
- Chess.com: the final standings of the 2026 Candidates and the medals at Samarkand 2026
- Grand Chess Tour: the 2026 standings
- OlimpBase: the Indian teams in 2022 and 2024
The facts on this page come from the sources above, checked against each other. Where the sources disagree, only what they agree on is given.
Updated November 9, 2026