“Certainly A Proud Mother”: R Praggnanandhaa, Sister’s Photograph Viral After India’s Uncommon Double Gold At Chess Olympiad

India made chess historical past on Sunday as its males’s and ladies’s groups clinched their maiden gold medals within the forty fifth Chess Olympiad after beating their respective opponents within the remaining spherical. The lads’s group defeated Slovenia after D Gukesh, Arjun Erigaisi and R Praggnanadhaa received their respective matches within the eleventh and remaining spherical match. The ladies’s group beat Azerbaijan 3.5-0.5 to clinch the title.

There was double pleasure for Ramesh Babu, the daddy of R Praggnanandhaa and R Vaishali, as each his youngsters received gold in probably the most prestigious biennial group chess occasion on the planet. Whereas GM Praggnanandhaa was an integral a part of the lads’s group, his elder sister Vaishali additionally performed a key function within the girls’s title triumph.

A video posted by ChessBase India has gone viral which reveals Praggnanandhaa, Vaishali and their mom Nagalakshmi collectively after the win. “Certainly A Proud Mother,” a social media person wrote on the video. 

Proud mother ♥️

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“We’re very proud (of Praggnanandhaa). My daughter Vaishali’s group additionally received the gold medal, so we’re glad about that as properly,” mentioned Ramesh Babu.

“All of the group gamers have accomplished very properly and received gold medals.” He added that the success of Indian chess gamers had given an enormous increase to the sport within the nation.

“These days, chess has turn out to be highly regarded after cricket. An increasing number of individuals are getting . Aside from lecturers, enjoying chess is changing into part of their profession. Kids are taking it up as a profession.” He added that each Praggnanandhaa and Vaishali had been aiming for extra success of their profession.

“Each chess participant desires to turn out to be a world champion, they usually (Vaishali and Praggnanandhaa) have to enhance their ranking. So, that’s their goal proper now.”