Chess GM Pragg Reacts as His Class 12 Paper Has a Question on Chess!
Ramesh Praggnanandhaa gets a question related to Chess in his class 12 question paper
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Chess Grandmaster Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa appeared for his Class 12 examination recently and expressed his happiness to see a question related to chess in the question paper. He shared the picture of the question paper on Twitter and wrote, “Gave my 12th exams, English paper today.. and was happy to see this question appear!”
A question in the paper stated, “Write a letter to a friend who is studying abroad, describing how the 44th Chess Olympiad was conducted in Mamallapuram, Chennai.” Netizens flooded the comment section. While someone wrote, “You made India Proud. You are the inspiration for man,” another user commented, “You are our hero.”
Pragg is the younger brother of R Vaishali, who too is a woman grandmaster and an international master. He became the youngest person to earn the title of International master, which he did at the age of 10. His title of grandmaster came at the young age of 12.
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