On India’s 75 years of independence, we present the story of Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa, a chess Grandmaster who left everyone stunned by defeating World Chess Champion twice! In this toofani series, ThumsUpOfficial #HarHaathToofan celebrates the hands that have built the nation. Who comes to your mind when you hear #HarHaathToofan?
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00:30She used to practice at home with the chessboard.
00:40Then I was, I think, around three at that point, and I used to go and knock the pieces
00:45off and disturb her, so my parents bought me a chessboard, and that's how my journey
00:50began.
00:51At three and a half, I learned the chess rules, and at the age of five, I started to play
00:56my tournaments.
01:08After I started to work with Ramesh sir, it was a different kind of experience for me.
01:12I didn't know much about chess.
01:14I started to train very seriously, I must say.
01:43My palad de moment is when I became a grandmaster.
01:47I think the GM title was the thing I was trying to break.
01:51I think that's kind of prestigious, but after that, I realized, actually, it's one of the
01:57It's not the destination.
02:22My Tufani moment would be when I defeated Magnus Carlsen for the first time.
02:27I was playing black with Magnus.
02:29I was just playing my game.
02:30I just didn't think about the result, but for my surprise, out of the opening, I got
02:36a very good position with black.
02:38It was one of my aims, to be honest.
02:40In these ten tournaments, I really wanted to beat him at least once, and I managed to
02:45beat him in the first tournament itself.
02:59This time, I was with white side, and I think I was better throughout the game.
03:03I was pushing, but to my surprise, at the last, he blended his piece.
03:09I would have loved to outplay him and beat him in a crushing way, but a win is a win.
03:22I think Anand sir is an inspiration for me, and I think not only for me, for so many people.
03:27And you know, it's always inspiring to see how he plays until now, and he crushes everyone
03:33in the top tournaments.