Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa

Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa is an Indian chess grandmaster and World No. 2 ranked junior. He qualified to the candidates after a second place finish in the 2023 FIDE World Cup. A long-time prodigy, “Pragg” is a multiple time World Youth Champion, and is the fifth youngest ever player to become a grandmaster, which he did at the age of 12 years and ten months. Considered along with Gukesh to be one of India’s top talents, this will be Praggnannandhaa’s first ever candidates tournament.