15-­year­-old Pranav Anand becomes India’s 76th Chess Grandmaster

15-­year­-old Pranav Anand becomes India’s 76th Chess Grandmaster

• 15-­year­-old, PranavAnand from Bengaluru, Karnataka became India’s 76th Chess GrandMaster (GM) after winning against International Master (IM) EminOhanyan of Armenia. He received the title after he crossed the 2,500 Elo points in the ongoing World Youth Chess Championship in Mamaia, Romania. A month before PranavAnand became India’s 76th GM,PranavVenkatesh became India’s 75th Grandmaster.
• GrandMaster is the highest title apart from World Champion awarded to Chess players International Chess Federation FIDE. India’s 1st Chess GrandMaster was won by ViswanathanAnand at the age of 14 in 1988.

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Published date : 19 Sep 2022 05:40PM