Chess prodigy R Praggnanandhaa thanks Anand Mahindra for gifting electric car to his parents

Chess prodigy R Praggnanandhaa, on Tuesday, thanked Anand Mahindra for gifting an electric car to his parents. He took to X (formerly Twitter) to share a post featuring his family surrounding the brand new Mahindra XUV 400. Last year, the Mahindra Group Chairman shared a post in which he wrote about encouraging parents to introduce their children to a “cerebral game” like chess.

Praggnanandhaa, who is the youngest player to reach a Chess World Cup final, thanked Mahindra for the precious gift. “Received XUV 400. My parents are very happy. Thank you very much Anand Mahindra, sir,” he wrote.

Earlier, while replying to a user’s request of gifting Praggnanandhaa a Mahindra Thar, the billionaire industrialist encouraged parents to introduce their children to chess and support them as they pursue the cerebral game, despite the surge in the popularity of video games.

“It's an investment in a better future for our planet, just like EVs. And so, I think we should gift an XUV4OO EV to the parents of Praggnanandhaa - Shrimati Nagalakshmi and Shri Rameshbabu, who deserve our gratitude for nurturing their son's passion and for giving him their untiring support,” he had written in a post shared in August last year.