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Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa registered a notable success on June 27 after getting the better of Uzbekistan’s Nodirbek Abdusattorov with black pieces in the final round of the UzChess Cup Masters. Following this victory, his live rating has gone to 2778.3. With these points, he has become India’s number one while world’s no four. With these ratings, he has surpassed his compatriot and world champion Dommaraju Gukesh, who possesses 2776.6 rating points. Arjun Erigaisi has witnessed a slump in standings as he fell to the sixth position from the third spot in world rankings. Magnus Carlsen is still the highest-ranked player with 2839.2 rating points.
Before the start of the game, Praggnanandhaa was a point behind leader Nodirbek Abdusattorov and a half a point behind Javokhir Sindarov. However, Sindarov drew and concluded his nine rounds with 5.5 points, while Praggnanandhaa bagged the victory which caused the situation of a three-way tie. In the first round of tiebreaks. In the opening round of tiebreaks, all participants concluded with two points out of four while in the next round, Praggnanandhaa stood tall against Sindarov. Sindarov went on to defeat his compatriot Nodirbek The final game between Praggnanandhaa and Abdusattorov ended in a stalemate.
R Praggnanandhaa looks in excellent touch in 2025
R Praggnanandhaa has looked sensational this year. He bagged the Tata Steel Masters 2025 after beating Gukesh in the competition. With this win, he became the first Indian after veteran Viswanathan Anand to win the title since 2006. On Praggnanandhaa’s success, five-time champion Anand commended the youngster.
“This win seemed the least likely with just two rounds to go… An impressive demonstration of character,” said Pragganandhaa. The 19-year-old also won the Superbet Classic in Romania earlier this year. He also recently concluded as the runner-up at the Stepan Avagyan Memorial.
