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M Pranesh becomes India’s 79th chess Grandmaster

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Published on: January 09 2023 Share on facebook

  • M Pranesh clinched the title in the Rilton Cup, the first tournament of the FIDE Circuit, to become India's 79th chess Grandmaster.
  • The 16-year-old Pranesh crossed the 2500-rating threshold and became a GM, having completed his three norms before the Rilton Cup.
  • To become a GM, a player has to secure three GM norms and cross the live rating of 2,500 Elo points.
  • Tamil Nadu player Pranesh topped the charts in the tournament, which brought together 136 players representing 29 national federations.
  • 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.
  • Nineteen-year-old Koustav Chatterjee had recently become the country's 78th Grandmaster during the National Senior Chess Championship.
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