He is exactly 11 years, three months and four days old today. To break the record of Russian Sergey Karjakin, who became a Grandmaster at the age of 12 years and seven months, he still has nearly 16 months left. Ask Pragga, and he replies confidently: “I think I can do it before I turn 12.”

We'd like to extend a big congratulations to one of our students - Samuel Mendonca for the 1st place in the Children's Chess Tournament U-9 Category, held on November 20. Samuel had joined ZugZwang Academy in the month of June (2016) to learn Chess. 

Often known as a game for the intellectually gifted, chess is the best sport to exercise the most important organ in our bodies: the brain. While Chess Grandmaster Bobby Fischer made it popular in the 1950s and 1960s, the game is still widely played around the world today among participants of all ages, from the young to the elderly