Reykjajvik (Iceland): Young Indian Grandmaster R Pragananda on Tuesday won the coveted award. Reykjavik Open Chess tournament with 7.5 points from nine rounds.
16-year-old Pragnanand defeated compatriot GM D Gukesh To be the only winner in the final round.
Pragyanananda: He turned things around in an all-India fight when he appeared to be losing after his opponent had lost.
The highly rated Indian remained unbeaten for nine rounds and ended the last two rounds with wins over Mathieu Cornet (France) and Gukesh.
He also posted four other wins, including an American over Abhimanyu MishraWho became the youngest Grandmaster last year at the age of 12 years and four months.
Pragyananand (ELO 2624) scored 13.2 ELO points from the win.
He recently came into limelight after his stupendous performance of No. 1 in the world Magnus Carlson In an online tournament.
Gukesh was 17th with six points while GM Abhijit Gupta finished eighth with 6.5 points.
Netherlands GM Max Warmerdam finished second with seven points mads anderson (Denmark), who also scored the same number of points.
Abhimanyu Mishra scored seven points and finished fifth.
In other Indians, IM Tania Sachdevi (6 points) claimed the 21st spot while veteran GM B Adibhan scored 5.5 points and finished 34th.
16-year-old Pragnanand defeated compatriot GM D Gukesh To be the only winner in the final round.
Pragyanananda: He turned things around in an all-India fight when he appeared to be losing after his opponent had lost.
The highly rated Indian remained unbeaten for nine rounds and ended the last two rounds with wins over Mathieu Cornet (France) and Gukesh.
He also posted four other wins, including an American over Abhimanyu MishraWho became the youngest Grandmaster last year at the age of 12 years and four months.
Pragyananand (ELO 2624) scored 13.2 ELO points from the win.
He recently came into limelight after his stupendous performance of No. 1 in the world Magnus Carlson In an online tournament.
Gukesh was 17th with six points while GM Abhijit Gupta finished eighth with 6.5 points.
Netherlands GM Max Warmerdam finished second with seven points mads anderson (Denmark), who also scored the same number of points.
Abhimanyu Mishra scored seven points and finished fifth.
In other Indians, IM Tania Sachdevi (6 points) claimed the 21st spot while veteran GM B Adibhan scored 5.5 points and finished 34th.