Rahul Srivatshav P of Telangana has become India’s 74th Grandmaster, achieving the title after breaking the 2500 (Elo points) barrier in live FIDE ratings during the 9th Cattolica Chess Festival 2022 in Italy.
The 19-year-old Rahul Srivatshav P reached the 2500 Elo live rating mark after drawing his 8th round game against Grandmaster Levan Pantsulaia in the Cattolica event.
The current Elo rating of Srivatshav is 2468.
Srivatshav secured five GM norms and also achieved the title when he crossed the rating threshold of 2500.
Bharath Subramaniyam became the country’s 73rd GM in January.
The legendary Viswanathan Anand is India’s first GM.