Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa has become India's highest-ranked chess player after his win at the UzChess Cup Masters. He overtook D Gukesh for the position and said that it was a special feeling.

Grandmaster R Praggnanandhaa won the Tata Steel Masters 2025, beating world champion D Gukesh in a thrilling tiebreak in Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands on Sunday, February 2.