After beating Moroni Luca in the eighth round at Gredine Open 2018, Pragnnandhaa needed to play an opponent above of rating of 2482 in the final round to make his third grandmaster norm. Luck shone on him when he was paired with GM Prujjsers Roeland, rated 2514, which made it possible. Thus, on 23 June 2018 he achieved his third and final GM norm at the Gredine Open in Urtijëi by defeating GM Luca Moroni in the eighth round to become, at the age of 12 years, 10 months and 13 days, the second youngest person ever to achieve the status of grandmaster (Sergey Karjakin achieved the title at the age of 12 years and 7 months).
In fact already he faced Prujjsers as a grandmaster! This video covers that game!
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Roeland Pruijssers vs Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa
4th Int. Chess Festival ad Gredine Open A (2018), Ortisei – St. Ulrich, rd 9, Jun-24
Spanish Game: Morphy Defense. Archangelsk Variation (C78)
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bb7 7. c3 Nxe4 8. d4
exd4 9. Re1 d5 10. Ng5 Qf6 11. Bxd5 Qxf2+ 12. Kh1 O-O-O 13. Nxe4 Qf5 14. Bb3
dxc3 15. Qf3 Qxf3 16. gxf3 Ne5 17. Nbxc3 b4 18. Bg5 f6 19. Bf4 bxc3 20. Bxe5
fxe5 21. bxc3 Be7 22. Rab1 Kb8 23. Re2 Ka7 24. Kg2 Rhf8 25. Rd1 Rxd1 26. Bxd1
Rd8 27. Bc2 Bd5 28. Bb3 Bc6 29. Bc2 g6 30. Kg3 a5 31. h4 h6 32. Rh2 Rb8 33. Bb3
a4 34. Bf7 Rb1 35. Rd2 Rg1+ 36. Kh2 Rc1 37. Bxg6 Bxh4 38. Kh3 Be1 39. Rd3 Rc2
40. Re3 Bd7+
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