Pragyanand created history, reached semi-finals by defeating 5-time world champion

The second semi-final of the tournament will be played between France's Maxime Vachier-Lagrave and Alireza Firozha. The winners of both the semi-finals will face each other in the final.

Started chess after seeing elder sister

Let us tell you that R Pragyanand started playing chess after watching his elder sister Vaishali. Pragyanand started playing chess at the age of just three years. But interestingly, to reduce Pragyanand's TV watching, his Vaishali was shifted closer to sports.

Pragyanand's father said in an interview about both children's love for the game, “We brought Vaishali into chess so that she could reduce watching TV.” However, gradually both the children started liking this game. The father said that he is happy that both have been successful in sports and both the children are enjoying the game.