V. Prraneeth becomes India’s 82nd Grandmaster

Category : Awards Published on: May 17 2023

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Telangana’s Prraneeth Vuppala has become India’s 82nd Grandmaster after he achieved the required 2,500 FIDE rating points during the Baku Open tournament.
The State chess player had already achieved three GM norms earlier and needed to cross 2,500 rating points.
He got the required points after defeating GM Hans Niemann of the USA in the penultimate round of the Baku Open.
Prraneeth is now the sixth Grandmaster from the State of Telangana.
Prraneeth earned his first GM norm in March 2022 and achieved the International Master title.
Four months later in July 2022, he earned his second GM norm at Biel MTO.
He achieved his third and final GM norm at the Formentera Sunway International Chess Festival in Spain in April.