Chess Prodigy R Praggnanandhaa Shares "Checkmate Moment" From English Exam
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The question asked students to describe how the 44th Chess Olympiad in Mamallapuram, Chennai, was conducted in a letter to a friend who is studying abroad.
Chess prodigy R Praggnanandhaa, who is one of the country's youngest grandmasters, had an unfair advantage over other students while appearing for the Class 12 English language exam. He shared a photo of the paper, which had a question on the 44th Chess Olympiad, which was held in India last year. The 17-year-old was elated to see the question as he was one of the winners of the Olympiad. Gave my 12th exams, English paper today.. and was happy to see this question appear!😁 pic.twitter.com/gdVxlvuCpQ
The question asked students to describe how the 44th Chess Olympiad in Mamallapuram, Chennai, was conducted in a letter to a friend who is studying abroad. "Gave my 12th exams, English paper today... and was happy to see this question appear!" he tweeted along with a picture of the question paper.
Since being shared, the post has amassed over five lakh views and 80,000 likes.