Vignesh NR becomes 80th Grandmaster in India

Vignesh NR becomes 80th Grandmaster in India

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Category : Sports Published on: February 23 2023

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  • After winning the 24th NordWest Cup 2023 at Bad Zwischenahn in Germany and defeating German IM Ilja Schneider, Indian chess player Vignesh NR became the 80th Grandmaster of India.
  • Visakh NR, Vignesh's older brother, was elected as India's 59th general in 2019. Visakh and Vignesh are the first brothers in India to hold the title of Grandmaster.
  • Recently, Vignesh won bronze for his team Railways Sports Promotion Board A at the National team Chess Championship Open 2023 along with his brother Visakh. 
  • He scored an unbeaten 7/9.
  • With Vignesh joining the list of Grandmasters, India already has three grandmasters since the start of 2023 with 19-year-old Koustav Chatterjee and 16-year-old M Pranesh becoming the 78th and 79th Grandmaster respectively in the first week of January.
  • Currently, 29 out of 80 chess grandmasters in India are from Tamil Nadu.
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