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It's Praggnanandhaa vs Vincent!

by ChessBase India - 27/10/2016

The German Schach Magazine thinks that Vincent Keymer is the biggest talent to emerge from their country since the second World Champion Emanuel Lasker! R. Praggnanandhaa is just eleven years old, but has already crushed many a grandmasters! Not to forget, he is also the youngest IM in the world. These two super talents are going to face-off against each other at the eighth round of the World under 12 Championships in Batumi. We have set up the live game page for you to enjoy this battle. Live game will begin at 4.30 p.m. IST. Don't miss it!

The boy on your left is world's youngest International Master - R. Praggnanandhaa. The little guy on your right is Germany's, infact Europe's biggest talent - Vincent Keymer. The two are going to face off against each other on the 27th of October 2016 at 4.30 p.m. IST on the top board of the World under 12 championship!

Vincent with the great Garry Kasparov. Know more about this German talent through this ChessBase article.

Praggnanandhaa with none other than Vishy Anand!

Praggnanandhaa is on 6.5/7, while Vincent is on six points. It's a battle between two future world class players. Don't miss out.

Live game begins at 4.30 p.m. IST on 27th October

Board will be updated as soon as the game begins

Top 5 boards of U-12

Bo. No.     Name Rtg Pts. Result Pts.   Name Rtg   No.
1 1   IM Praggnanandhaa R 2442   6   Keymer Vincent 2402   3
2 5   FM Nihal Sarin 2324 6   6   Hong Andrew Z 2296   6
3 25     Kumar Nikhil 2076 6   CM Ozenir Ekin Baris 2133   14
4 55   CM Amartuvshin Ganzorig 1909     Larkin Vladislav 2057   29
5 2   CM Sindarov Javokhir 2411 5   5   Skatchkov Valery 2104   20

Player overview for IND

SNo   Name Rtg FED 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Pts. Rk. Group
1 IM Praggnanandhaa R 2442 IND 1 1 1 1 1 1 ½ 6,5 1 Open U12
5 FM Nihal Sarin 2324 IND 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 6,0 4 Open U12
8   Dhanush Bharadwaj 2232 IND 1 1 ½ 0 1 0 0 3,5 59 Open U12
63 CM Karthik Kumar Pradeep 1873 IND 1 0 ½ 1 0 1 1 4,5 37 Open U12
64 CM Kushagra Mohan 1872 IND 1 ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 1 4,5 34 Open U12
117   Chiranjan Kumarr K S 1339 IND 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2,0 118 Open U12
5 CM Aditya Mittal 2144 IND 1 1 ½ 0 1 0 1 4,5 34 Open U10
6 CM Mendonca Leon Luke 2133 IND 1 ½ 0 1 1 1 0 4,5 31 Open U10
10   Pranav V 1994 IND 1 ½ 1 1 1 0 0 4,5 20 Open U10
77   Hriday Dharmesh Sheth 1491 IND 0 ½ 1 1 0 0 1 3,5 74 Open U10
48   Kadakia Veer 1273 IND ½ 1 0 1 1 1 0 4,5 31 Open U08
52   Bhagat Kush 1263 IND ½ 0 1 1 1 0 ½ 4,0 47 Open U08
60   Vidit Jain 1236 IND 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 4,0 55 Open U08
64   Midilesh Ms 1214 IND 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 4,0 49 Open U08
67   Swayham P Das 1198 IND 0 1 1 ½ 1 0 0 3,5 64 Open U08
77   Aryan Surya S A 1026 IND 0 0 ½ ½ 0 1 ½ 2,5 111 Open U08
3   Rakshitta Ravi 2068 IND 1 1 ½ ½ 0 0 1 4,0 29 Girls U12
16 WFM Divya Deshmukh 1836 IND 1 1 0 1 1 1 ½ 5,5 5 Girls U12
19 WCM Mrudul Dehankar 1809 IND 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 6,0 2 Girls U12
22   Ananya Rishi Gupta 1788 IND 1 ½ ½ 0 1 1 0 4,0 38 Girls U12
34   Adane Narayani 1688 IND 0 ½ 1 0 1 0 1 3,5 55 Girls U12
44 WCM Wankhade Sanskruti 1344 IND 1 0 1 0 1 ½ 1 4,5 28 Girls U10
65   Darsana M S 1256 IND 1 1 0 ½ 1 0 ½ 4,0 32 Girls U10
67   Vishwa Vasnawala 1240 IND 1 ½ 0 1 1 1 ½ 5,0 11 Girls U10
18 WCM Shefali A N 1165 IND 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 3,0 50 Girls U08
25   Rout Yashita 1105 IND 1 1 0 1 1 0 ½ 4,5 19 Girls U08
30   Valety Swetha 1038 IND 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 4,0 28 Girls U08
33   Falak Joni Naik 1024 IND 0 1 1 ½ 0 1 1 4,5 23 Girls U08

With 6.0/7 Mrudul Dehankar has moved to the second spot in girls under-12