Praggnanandhaa hailed by chess legends, Gautam Adani after winning Tata Steel Chess – Firstpost

The legends of chess Judit Polgar and Susan Polgar and the Indian industrialist Gautam Adani were among the celebrities who praised the Indian grand-master R Praggnanandhaa after having exceeded the world champion and compatriot of Gukesh to win the Tata Steel 2025 chess.

Tata Steel Chess is considered one of the biggest chess tournaments and Praggnanandhaa is the first Indian director general to win the `Wimbledon ” of chess since the victory of Great Viswanathan Anand in 2006. Gukesh, on the other hand , lost tata steel failures in a drawer for the second consecutive year.

Gukesh and Praggnanandhaa entered the last round of Tata Steel Chess 2025 as joint leaders with 8.5 points each. To win the title, they only needed a victory and a defeat for the other leader, but Gukesh and Praggnanandhaa suffered defeats in their matches.

While Gukesh lost against the Indian Director General Arjun Erigaisi, Praggnanandhaa was defeated by the German director general Vincent Keymer, which means that the two players needed equality to decide the final winner. Gukesh took a good start in the playoffs, winning the first equality break, but Praggnanandhaa bounced with impressive the two games of Blitz following to conquer the title Tata Steel Chess 2025.

Praggnanandhaa praised by legends after the victory of tata steel chess

The Indian billionaire businessman Adani, who also sponsors Praggnanandhaa, praised the 19 -year -old director general in a social position and said that India’s “prodigies” “redefine the world failure landscape” .

“Congratulations to GM Praggnanandhaa for his phenomenal victory at the Masters #tatasteelchess 2025! India chess prodigies, led by the world champion Gukesh and an increasing army of young masters, redefine the landscape of world failures. The rise of Indian failures seems unstoppable, “he said on X.

https://twitter.com/gautam_adani/status/1886255483935412394?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

Judit Polgar, considered the best female chess player of all time, also shared a congratulations message for Praggnanandhaa on X.

“Huge congratulations to @rpraggnachss 🇮🇳 to win the Masters @tatasteelchess in #Wijkaanzee,” she wrote.

https://twitter.com/GMJuditPolgar/status/1886128805149901159?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

The former world champion and older sister of Judit, Susan Polgar, praised Praggnanandhaa for her “incredible return” and noted that it was not a bad first tournament for Gukesh after having become the world champion.

“Shocking end until 2025 Tata Steel!” The co-leaders Gukesh and Pragg both lost in the final round! This is a very rare situation! Despite this, they still share first and headed for playoffs against each other! Gukesh won the 1st Blitz match but lost the 2nd. Upon entering the sudden death game, Gukesh lost a pawn at the end of the game, giving the title to Pragg! Congratulations to Pragg for the incredible return and a good overall performance for the first tournament of the new world champion, ”she wrote.

https://twitter.com/SusanPolgar/status/1886127469712805933?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

GUKSH also finished as a spouse leader in 2024, but lost against Wei Yi in China in equality.