Can One Family in India Wrest Both the Men’s and Women’s Chess Titles from China?

We Explore How Likely this Is to Happen.

Tony Berard
3 min readNov 12, 2023
https://www.afr.com/technology/the-ukraine-war-and-china-s-rise-will-determine-the-world-chess-champ-20220810-p5b8so

Above, Ding Liren won his battle against Nepo to win the championship. But, since then, he has receded from the public eye. Nepo is in the Candidates tournament again, which sets up a possible rematch with Ding, of course. But, there’s going to be seven other Candidates who have something to say about that.

One of those Candidates is Pragg, whose full name is Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu.

https://www.newindianexpress.com/sport/other/2023/aug/18/pragg-matic-and-fearless-from-all-quarters-at-the-world-cup-2606466.html

I was confused why Rameshbabu is listed before Praggnanandhaa, so I googled it:

So, we can just call him Pragg as that is how he is known in the chess world. Here’s a chart I saw online from the World Cup:

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/chess/chess-world-cup-final-how-magnus-carlsen-plotted-praggnanandhaas-downfall/articleshow/103057369.cms?from=mdr

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Tony Berard

I have lately been constructing arguments against God and the supernatural. I have proven that stuff doesn't exist with science equations. I aspire to be great.