At 12 years and 10 months and 13 days, India's R Praggnanandhaa from Chennai made history by becoming the second youngest chess grandmaster in the world after making it to the final round at the Gredine Open in Italy.
The Chennai boy is next only to Ukraine's Sergey Karjakin who holds the record of being the youngest Grandmaster in the world at 12 years, 7 months, a title he achieved in 2002.
In 2016, Praggnanandhaa became the youngest International Master at the age of 10 years, 10 months and 19 days.
The Chennai-based player was paired with Grand Master Prujjsers

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