Chess prodigy V Pranav becomes India’s 75th Grandmaster: Chess prodigy V Pranav on Sunday became India’s 75th Grand Master by winning Limpedea Open in Baia Mare, Romania. The 16 year old Pranav secured his 3rd and final norm to become Grandmaster by winning the Limpedea Open in Baia Mare, Romania. Pranav finished the Romanian tournament with 7 points out of 9 to meet the GM norm requirements.
Prior to Romania, Pranav had obtained his maiden GM norm at the age of 15 by winning Serbia Open in 2021, while the second GM norm came from Vezerkepzo GM round-robin tourney in Budapest, Hungary in June 2022. Speaking to news agency PTI from Baia Mare, Pranav said that "It is a great feeling (to be a Grandmaster). It will boost my confidence to improve further and reach the top level,"
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Pranav V becomes India’s 🇮🇳 latest Grandmaster! 🥳
16-year-old Pranav is India’s 75th Chess Grandmaster! 😍
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Pranav is a student of Velammal school based in Chennai and has been a three-time State Champion. In addition to this, he has also won a Bronze Medal at the World Rapid Event 2021.
V Pranav becomes 27th Grandmaster from Tamil Nadu
With his win in Romania, V Pranav became the 27th Grandmaster from Tamil Nadu. With his latest achievement, Pranav now joins the league of legendary Chess players from the state including Viswanathan Anand and teen sensations D Gukesh and R Praggnanandhaa among others. Tamil Nadu is closely followed by Maharashtra with 10 Grandmasters and West Bengal with 9.
Chess Grandmasters from India - State-wise List
| Name | State |
| M. R. Lalith Babu | Andhra Pradesh |
| Harika Dronavalli | Andhra Pradesh |
| PentalaHarikrishna | Andhra Pradesh |
| Koneru Humpy | Andhra Pradesh |
| Karthik Venkataraman | Andhra Pradesh |
| Aryan Chopra | Delhi |
| Sahaj Grover | Delhi |
| Abhijeet Gupta | Delhi |
| Prithu Gupta | Delhi |
| Sriram Jha | Delhi |
| Parimarjan Negi | Delhi |
| Vaibhav Suri | Delhi |
| Leon Luke Mendonca | Goa |
| Anurag Mhamal | Goa |
| TejasBakre | Gujarat |
| Ankit Rajpara | Gujarat |
| Himanshu Sharma | Haryana |
| Stany G.A. | Karnataka |
| Girish A. Koushik | Karnataka |
| M. S. Thejkumar | Karnataka |
| Geetha Narayanan Gopal | Kerala |
| S. L. Narayanan | Kerala |
| Nihal Sarin | Kerala |
| Swapnil Dhopade | Maharashtra |
| ShardulGagare | Maharashtra |
| ViditGujrathi | Maharashtra |
| Akshayraj Kore | Maharashtra |
| Abhijit Kunte | Maharashtra |
| Abhimanyu Puranik | Maharashtra |
| RaunakSadhwani | Maharashtra |
| Praveen Thipsay | Maharashtra |
| Sankalp Gupta | Maharashtra |
| Harshit Raja | Maharashtra |
| Debashis Das | Odisha |
| Swayams Mishra | Odisha |
| Baskaran Adhiban | Tamil Nadu |
| G. Akash | Tamil Nadu |
| Viswanathan Anand | Tamil Nadu |
| Chithambaram Aravindh | Tamil Nadu |
| J. Deepan Chakkravarthy | Tamil Nadu |
| Gukesh D | Tamil Nadu |
| P. Iniyan | Tamil Nadu |
| Ashwin Jayaram | Tamil Nadu |
| PriyadharshanKannappan | Tamil Nadu |
| P. Karthikeyan | Tamil Nadu |
| Sundararajan Kidambi | Tamil Nadu |
| R. R. Laxman | Tamil Nadu |
| Karthikeyan Murali | Tamil Nadu |
| Srinath Narayanan | Tamil Nadu |
| Magesh Chandran Panchanathan | Tamil Nadu |
| RameshbabuPraggnanandhaa | Tamil Nadu |
| Subramanian Arun Prasad | Tamil Nadu |
| V. Vishnu Prasanna | Tamil Nadu |
| Ramachandran Ramesh | Tamil Nadu |
| Krishnan Sasikiran | Tamil Nadu |
| S. P. Sethuraman | Tamil Nadu |
| M. Shyam Sundar | Tamil Nadu |
| M. R. Venkatesh | Tamil Nadu |
| N. R. Visakh | Tamil Nadu |
| Arjun Kalyan | Tamil Nadu |
| Bharath Subramaniyam | Tamil Nadu |
| Harsha Bharathakoti | Telangana |
| Arjun Erigaisi | Telangana |
| Raja Rithvik R. | Telangana |
| Rahul Srivatshav | Telangana |
| Dibyendu Barua | West Bengal |
| Sandipan Chanda | West Bengal |
| Saptarshi Roy Chowdhury | West Bengal |
| Neelotpal Das | West Bengal |
| Surya Shekhar Ganguly | West Bengal |
| Diptayan Ghosh | West Bengal |
| Saptarshi Roy | West Bengal |
| Deep Sengupta | West Bengal |
| Mitrabha Guha | West Bengal |
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