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07/01/23 08:02 AM IST

Pranesh M becomes India’s 79th Grandmaster after winning Rilton Cup

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  • India got its 79th Grandmaster in Chess, as 16-year-old Pranesh M won the Rilton Cup in Stockholm, Sweden to cross the required 2500 ELO rating.
About Pranesh M
  • He won his first norm at the 18th Delhi GM Open in January 2020, followed by the second at the Sunway Sitges International Chess Festival in Spain in December 2021.
  • He won the third norm at the Asian Continental Chess Championship in November last year, and finally crossed the required ELO mark to become the first Indian to become a Grandmaster in 2023.
  • He’s also the 28th GM to emerge from Tamil Nadu.
Source- Indian Express

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