Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma recently extended his heartiest congratulations to one of his ‘young friend’ for a piece of ‘fantastic news’

The well-known political leader praised his ‘young friend’ R Praggnanandhaa for becoming the youngest player of India to reach the Chess World Cup final

The 18-year-old Indian chess grandmaster accomplished this feat by defeating world number three Fabiano Caruana in the tiebreaks

He will now take on World Number 1 Magnus Carlsen, a five-times title winner from Norway, in the summit clash

“Making history! India's teen chess prodigy R Praggnanandhaa storms into the World Chess Cup finals after a victorious semifinal. Brace yourself for an epic showdown against Magnus Carlsen,” wrote Sarma in a post on X (formerly Twitter)

“Congratulations on this fantastic news, my young friend!,” he added

Born and brought up in Chennai, the younger brother of Woman Grandmaster and International Master R Vaishali also became the second Indian after Viswanathan Anand to reach the semifinals of the FIDE World Cup chess tournament

As the chess prodigy made a historic achievement, many people took to social media to extend their heartfelt congratulatory notes to him

From political leaders to sports personalities, the whole country celebrated the historic achievement of Praggnanandhaa with notes of praise

Northeast Now

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