India, June 8 -- The identity of a top player's team of seconds is perhaps one of the most closely guarded secrets in chess. On Monday, however, R Praggnanandhaa decided to break convention and reveal his extended team as a mark of gratitude days after his remarkable charge to the Norway Chess title with four classical wins in a row.

His long-time coach and mentor, RB Ramesh, shared a photograph on X from a training camp held ahead of this year's Candidates tournament with a shout out to Pragg's extended team members.

The image featured the familiar faces of Praggnanandhaa, his known second Vaibhav Suri, sister R Vaishali, and Ramesh. But it also revealed previously unknown members of the setup: French grandmasters Joseph Girel and Mahe...