NEW DELHI: Teenage Grandmaster
Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa
has been named Chess Player of the Year, winning the top prize at the fourth edition of the
Times of India Sports Awards
(TOISA), powered by BHIM-UPI, on Thursday.
The 14-year-old prodigy, who created history in 2018 when he became the second youngest Grandmaster in the world at 12 years, 10 months and 13 days, truly announced his arrival in the world of chess in 2019.
Praggnanandhaa won the
Xtracon Chess Open
title in Copenhagen in July to bag his first title of 2019. This was his first tournament win since becoming a Grandmaster in June 2018. The teenage sensation then headed to the World Youth Championships as one of the pre-tournament favourites and he lived up to his top billing by winning the U-18 Open category of the tournament in October.
Praggnanandhaa edged out five-time world chess champion
Viswanathan Anand to win this award in the chess category.
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