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19/09/22 11:05 AM IST

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

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  • 15-­year­-old, Pranav Anand from Bengaluru, Karnataka became India’s 76th Chess GrandMaster (GM) after winning against International Master (IM) Emin Ohanyan of Armenia.
Pranav Anand 
  • 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 Pranav Anand became India’s 76th GM, Pranav Venkatesh became India’s 75th Grandmaster.
  •  In July, he scored the 3rd and final GM norm at the 55th Biel Chess Festival in Switzerland.
  • He has drawn his game against Spain’s No.5 GM Eduardo Iturrizaga Bonelli (2619) in the penultimate round.
About GM Title 
  • 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 Viswanathan Anand at the age of 14 in 1988.
Source- AIR 

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