Tamil Nadu boy Pranav becomes India's 75th Grand Master

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Category : Sports Published on: August 10 2022

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Chess prodigy V Pranav became India's 75th Grandmaster by winning a tournament in Romania.
The Chennai-based Pranav won the Limpedea Open in Baia Mare, Romania to secure his third and final GM norm and attain the Grandmaster title.
The 15-year-old had obtained his maiden GM norm at the Serbia Open in 2021 and the second in the Vezerkepzo GM round-robin tourney in Budapest, Hungary in June.
Pranav is the 27th Grandmaster from Tamil Nadu, a list that includes the legendary Viswanathan Anand and teen sensations D Gukesh and R Praggnanandhaa among others.

Tamil Nadu boy Pranav becomes India's 75th Grand Master