Chennai boy ‘checkmates’ Chinese opponent to qualify for Chess Olympiad quarterfinals

Aug 24, 2020

Chennai, Aug 24 (ANI): 15-year-old Chennai boy R Praggnanandhaa shone bright at the FIDE Online Chess Olympiad. India marched into quarter finals with Praggnanandhaa’s crucial win against Chinese opponent. His elder sister, woman grandmaster R Vaishali is also a participant of the Olympiad. Quarterfinals of Fide Online Chess Olympiad will take place on August 28. Praggnanandhaa said, "We qualified for quarter-finals by beating China. I want to thank Nirmala Sitharaman ma'am for providing me sponsorship."