CNN —Chess player Vaishali Rameshbabu followed in the family tradition by becoming a grandmaster on Friday. Her brother, Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu, became one of the youngest grandmasters in history in 2018 at the age of 12. Together, the siblings have now become the first brother and sister duo to become grandmasters, according to Chess.com. Vaishali Rameshbabu, pictured here at a tournament in the Netherlands in January, became a chess grandmaster on Friday. Dean Mouhtaropoulos/Getty Images“Becoming a [grandmaster] has been my goal since I started playing chess,” Vaishali told Chess.com after earning the title at the IV El Llobregat Open in Spain.

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Persons: Vaishali Rameshbabu, Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu, Dean Mouhtaropoulos, Vaishali, Chess.com, “, ”, Arun Sankar, Vaishali’s, she’s Organizations: CNN —, Chess Federation, Getty, FIDE Locations: Vaishali, India, Chess.com, Netherlands, El Llobregat, Spain, Chennai