How chess prodigy Praggnanandhaa starred in cricket-crazy India - Al Jazeera English

Teenager’s rise to stardom was marked by a stunning win over top-ranked player earlier this year.

New Delhi, India In India, a nation of more than a billion people who are mostly crazy about cricket, Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa was drawn towards chess at the age of three. He watched his sister Vai… [+6368 chars]

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