2023-08-30 05:02 PM IST | Mumbai
India’s 18-year-old Chess Grandmaster R Praggnanandhaa was given a grand welcome at Chennai Airport on August 30. Earlier in the day to welcome India’s Chess Grandmaster, a large number of people gathered at Chennai Airport. People enthusiastically performed the traditional dance to welcome India’s 5 times Chess Grandmaster, R Praggnanandhaa. R Praggnanandhaa won silver and finished as runner-up at the FIDE Chess World Cup. Several school students also thronged to the airport to welcome him. Meanwhile, his sister Vaishali on August 30 said that she had witnessed this type of welcome 10 years back for the Viswanathan Anand. She also said that it felt amazing to see R Praggnanandhaa getting the same love from all the people.