Chess Champion: 17 year old Raunak becomes Chess Under-20 World Champion

India’s Grandmaster Raunak Sadhwani, 17, became the Under-20 World Junior Rapid Chess Champion after a strong performance in Italy. Raunak from Nagpur, Maharashtra won the winner’s trophy in the 11th round with 8.5 points. The special thing is that Raunak faced difficulty in getting a visa to play in the tournament, but his concentration was not disturbed.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated Raunak Sadhwani on this achievement. He said, Raunak surprised the world with his strategic talent and skill and made the country proud. “Congratulations to Raunak Sadhwani for his historic victory in the FIDE World Junior Rapid Chess Championship 2023,” Prime Minister Narendra Modi wrote in a post on Twitter on Saturday. His strategic genius and skill amazed the world. It has also made the country proud. May he continue to inspire the youth of our country with his extraordinary achievements. Best wishes to him for his future endeavours.

kept up the courage
Top seed Raunak’s campaign had a bad start. In the 2nd and 5th rounds, he lost to very low ranked players. Could score only three points till five rounds. However, he became the winner by defeating Tobias Koele of Germany in the final round.