Aditya Vardhan

[Aditya Vardhan @Adivargun]

Hi everyone

[RocketGyan @rocketgyan]

INDIA🇮🇳 HAS JUST CREATED HISTORY!!!!🛐

ISRO has successfully docked SpaDeX satellites SpaDeX 01 and SpaDeX 02.
This makes India the only 5th country after us, china, russia and esa to demonstrate docking in space🥳🥳

I just don't have any words😭😭
This was such an important milestone and has opened up soo many possibilities for us🛐🛐

This Docking was so precise, that they were going at 8 mm/sec speed in the final phase. This speed is extremely difficult to control especially with very light spacecraft of SpaDeX mission.

Next up: Power transmission demo, undocking and separate mission operations for two satellites🛰️

We are sooo on track for Bhartiya Antriksh Station , Chandrayaan 4 and what not🫡

#ISRO #SpaDeX

[Aditya Vardhan @Adivargun]

Honest, mature and wholesome!

[Aditya Vardhan @Adivargun]

@spotifyindia @Spotify
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[Aditya Vardhan @Adivargun]

@urs_trulyVishnu Congratulations Anna and all the best!!!

[Aditya Vardhan @Adivargun]

@99romiii Orey dune 1 chudaleda Inka?

[Aditya Vardhan @Adivargun]

@99romiii @Ryali9920 Correct gane guess chesav, this is Gamechanger. . . for Chess😛(hopefully)

[anand mahindra @anandmahindra]

I will never,EVER again complain about petty problems in my life. #SheetalDevi you are a teacher to us all. Please pick any car from our range & we will award it to you & customise it for your use.

[Praggnanandhaa @rpraggnachess]

Caption!🔥❤️

[Praggnanandhaa @rpraggnachess]

Extremely elated to win Silver medal 🥈in Fide World Cup 2023 and qualified to the Candidates 2024!
Grateful to receive the love, support and prayers of each one of you! 🇮🇳
Thankyou everyone for the wishes🙏🏼
With my ever supportive, happiest and proud Amma❤️
📷@M_Sridharan

[Narendra Modi @narendramodi]

We are proud of Praggnanandhaa for his remarkable performance at the FIDE World Cup! He showcased his exceptional skills and gave a tough fight to the formidable Magnus Carlsen in the finals. This is no small feat. Wishing him the very best for his upcoming tournaments.

[ChessBase India @ChessbaseIndia]

Praggnanandhaa shook hands with Magnus Carlsen in roughly an hour. They played exactly 30 moves and their game 2 ended in a draw. Magnus was not feeling well and so he killed the game with white pieces. Conserve energy and put everything you have got into the tiebreaks is Carlsen's mantra. The score is now 1-1 and the match proceeds to shorter time controls - rapid (25 mins each) and perhaps even blitz.

A few minutes after Carlsen and Pragg shook hands, the entire country erupted into applause as the Vikram lander made a successful soft landing on the southern pole of the moon! Mission Chandrayaan 3 was successful. It's a massive achievement for India. No nation has been able to achieve soft landing on the southern pole of the moon. It's not just a great moment for our country but the entire humanity.

So 23rd August was a huge day for India. But what happens on 24th of August? Well, the rover which was nestled inside the lander will now get into action. The main job of exploring the moon will begin thanks to the rover. You know what's the name of the rover, don't you? It's PRAGYAN!

While Pragyan gets into action on the moon to start exploring the terrain, 18-year-old Praggnanandhaa will get into action in Baku, Azerbaijan. Pragg beat world no.3 Hikaru Nakamura 2-0 in tiebreaks and World no.2 Fabiano Caruana 2.5-1.5 in tiebreaks as well. He has been a tiebreaks monster at the FIDE World Cup 2023. But will he be able to beat World no.1 Magnus Carlsen?

Carlsen is an amazing rapid and blitz player. He has been 4-time world rapid champion and 6-time world blitz champion. When it comes to tiebreaks at the highest level, there is no one better than him. He showcased nerves of steel to beat Karjakin and Caruana to retain his world title. How can little Pragg beat such an amazing speed player like Carlsen?

Well, for both Praggnanandhaa in Baku and Pragyan on the moon, this is terra Incognita. It will require huge amounts of confidence to surmount the challenges up ahead! But both are fearless and the entire world will watch their every single move with bated breath! Let's Go!

#chess #chessbaseindia #pragyan #praggnanandhaa #isro #chandrayaan

[agadmator @agadmator]

Praggnanandhaa eliminated Hikaru Nakamura (world #3). Now he eliminates Fabiano Caruana (world #2).
Only one question remains... Can he eliminate Magnus Carlsen (world #1)?

[Viswanathan Anand @vishy64theking]

Pragg goes through to the final! He beats Fabiano Caruana in the tiebreak and will face Magnus Carlsen now.

What a performance!

@FIDE_chess #FIDEWorldCup2023

[agadmator @agadmator]

Pragg wins a game against Fabi and is now one draw away from facing Magnus in the Finals! 🤯

[Arjun Erigaisi @ArjunErigaisi]

So close yet so far 💔💔
Congrats @rpragchess and good luck for the rest of the tournament!
Thank you everyone for the wishes, means a lot 🙏

[Vidit Gujrathi @viditchess]

Was probably one win away from Candidates 💔
Proud of playing some good games and reaching QF of World Cup, again, but disappointed to come so close and get knocked out. (Photo credit: official website)

[Gukesh D @DGukesh]

Had a reasonable World cup in Baku and finally got knocked out in quarterfinals against Magnus!
Thanks for all the support and love !

Picture courtesy: @photochess @chesscom

[Irene Sukandar @irene_sukandar]

And they still walk together after their first game! I asked about their game and Praggu then explained that he allowed Arjun's knight sacrifice on g3 but kinda missed the Qb6 idea after 36.... d3. Both of them were in time trouble so things were tricky.

[ChessBase India @ChessbaseIndia]

Grandmaster Harika Dronavalli takes a closer look at the game of her countrymate, India's first female Grandmaster Koneru Humpy at the @FIDE_chess Women's Grand Prix, Munich.
📸: @davidllada / FIDE