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Tata Steel Chess: Praggnanandhaa gets his biggest classical chess win, beats World No. 2 Ding Liren; Anish Giri stuns Magnus Carlsen

Indian teenage Grandmaster Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa achieved the highest classical win of his career, grinding out a 72-move endgame against World No. 2 and World Championship 2023 contender GM Ding Liren at the Tata Steel Chess Wijk aan Zee Masters. With this win, he stands in the 4th position with 2.5/4 points, and the Chinese grandmaster has slid down to the 9th spot with 2/4 points. Pragg’s live rating is now 2692, only eight points away from the magical 2700 rating.