Chess: Tamil Nadu's Pranesh M becomes India's 79th Grandmaster after winning Rilton Cup

Chess: Tamil Nadu's Pranesh M becomes India's 79th Grandmaster after winning Rilton Cup

India has got its 79th Grandmaster (GM) in a 16-year-old Pranesh M from Tamil Nadu. After beating GM Frode Olav Olsen Urkedal of Norway, Pranesh attained the required 2500 ELO ratings and won the Rilton Cup in the final round to claim the title. With this, he also becomes India’s first Grandmaster of this year. In a competition that had 136 players representing 29 national federations, Pranesh stood first while his compatriot R Raja Rithvik – a G

Pranesh becomes India's 79th chess Grandmaster

M Pranesh clinched the title in the Rilton Cup, the first tournament of the FIDE Circuit, here to become India's 79th chess Grandmaster.

Pranesh becomes India’s 79th chess Grandmaster

Seeded 22nd, the Indian made a clean sweep of the field at Rilton Cup to clinch the title on Thursday.

Pranesh becomes 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

16-year-old M Pranesh Becomes India's 79th Chess Grandmaster

M Pranesh, aged 16, crossed the 2500-rating threshold and became a GM

Pranesh M dominates Rilton Cup 2022-23, becomes India's 79th Grandmaster - ChessBase India

16-year-old IM Pranesh M scored 8/9, finished a full point ahead of the field to win Rilton Cup 2022-23. He took a no-draw approach. After losing his second round game, he won the next seven games to finish first, cross 2500 in the live ratings and become India's 79th Grandmaster. The teenager also became Tamil Nadu's 28th GM. Pranesh won a memento and SEK 22000 (approx. ₹170282). The last time an Indian won this event was in 2016-17 when Krishn…