John Saunders reports: one of the shocks of the fifth round of the 2017 Chess.com Isle of Man Masters, played at the Villa Marina on 27 September, was the defeat of 26-year-old English grandmaster David Howell, rated 2701, by the 12-year-old Indian prodigy Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa, already an IM and rated 2500.

David Howell was himself a chess prodigy with many remarkable chess performances from the age of eight, and he is also a three-times British Champion. Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa is a remarkable talent and has already reached a rating of 2500, which is one of the qualifying factors for the grandmaster title. He still needs three grandmaster-level tournament norms to become a grandmaster, but should he achieve this in the next few months he will become the youngest grandmaster ever, a record that was held by such legendary figures as Bobby Fischer, Judit Polgar, Peter Leko and Sergey Karjakin.

Here is the score of the game:

[Event "Chess.com Isle of Man Open - Masters"] [Site "Douglas (Isle of Man)"] [Date "2017.09.27"] [Round "5.19"] [White "Praggnanandhaa, R."] [Black "Howell, David"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B12"] [WhiteElo "2500"] [BlackElo "2701"] [PlyCount "127"] [EventDate "2017.09.23"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. O-O c5 7. c4 dxc4 8. Na3 Nbc6 9. Nxc4 Nd5 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Bg5 Qc7 12. Rc1 O-O 13. Qb3 h6 14. Ne3 Bxe3 15. Bxe3 Nxe3 16. Qxe3 Qb6 17. Qxb6 axb6 18. a3 Be4 19. Nd2 Nd4 20. Rfe1 Bd5 21. Bd3 Rfd8 22. Rc3 g5 23. Ne4 Bxe4 24. Rxe4 Ra5 25. b4 Rad5 26. Bc4 R5d7 27. Bf1 Nf5 28. g3 Rd1 29. Kg2 Ra1 30. Bd3 Kg7 31. h4 gxh4 32. Rg4+ Kh7 33. Bxf5+ exf5 34. Rxh4 Re8 35. Rc7 Kg7 36. Rxb7 Rxe5 37. Rxb6 Rxa3 38. Rbxh6 Re4 39. Rh7+ Kg8 40. Rh8+ Kg7 41. R8h7+ Kf8 42. Rh8+ Ke7 43. Rc8 Rb3 44. Rc4 Re5 45. Rh7 Rb5 46. Rc7+ Ke6 47. Rh6+ f6 48. Rc6+ Ke5 49. Rhxf6 R3xb4 50. Rfe6+ Kd4 51. Rcd6+ Rd5 52. Rxd5+ Kxd5 53. Re2 f4 54. g4 Rb3 55. f3 Rb8 56. Re4 Rf8 57. Kf2 Rf7 58. Ke2 Rf6 59. Kd3 Rf8 60. Ra4 Rb8 61. Rxf4 Rb3+ 62. Ke2 Ke5 63. Rf5+ Kd4 64. Kf2 1-0 your web browser and/or your host do not support iframes as required to display the chessboard

David Howell (left) concentrates while Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa looks away during their game today.