He earned the title of grandmaster at the age of 12 and is the third-youngest grandmaster in chess history
He won the under-12 title at the World Youth Chess Championship in 2018, and multiple gold medals at the 2018 Asian Youth Chess Championship
His mother, Padmakumari, is a microbiologist, and his father, Rajinikanth, is an ENT surgeon who moved to Chennai to pursue his medical career
His mother, Padmakumari, is a microbiologist, and his father, Rajinikanth, is an ENT surgeon who moved to Chennai to pursue his medical career
He won the team bronze and the individual gold medal at the 44th Chess Olympiad in 2022
He dropped out of school after Class IV, that is, in elementary school, to focus on his chess career
He won the World Youth Chess Championship in 2018 in the under-12 category
He plays a reactive game and is notable for his ability to calculate under time pressure, which often leads to complex tactical battles in his games
His style has borne comparison with former world champion Anatoly Karpov's incremental, anaconda-like gains