India, June 29 -- The spotlight has been on R Praggnanandhaa, who became the new India No. 1 after clinching the UzChes Cup Masters title. The 19-year-old defeated Uzbek GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov, with black pieces in the final round win.

The line-up in the tournament consisted of the likes of Arjun Erigaisi, IanNepomniachtchi, Richard Rapport, Javokhir Sindarov, Nodirbek Yakubboev and Shamsiddin Vokhidov.

Dissecting the Indian GM's win, his longtime trainer RB Ramesh spoke to Indian Express. "Pragg is quite good in attack, but he was playing too solid in 2024. At least that was my impression. We discussed this and talked about being more adventurous, which you can see now," he said.

"His chess was always quite good. Now he's also been ...