Who became India's 75th Grandmaster by winning a tournament in Romania?

Today General Knowledge(GK)

N.R. Visakh

V.Pranav

Sahaj Grover

A. Koushik Girish

Correct Answer : Option (B) - V.Pranav

Chess prodigy V.Pranav on Sunday(7th Aug 2022) became India's 75th Grandmaster by winning a tournament in Romania.

The Chennai-based Pranav won the Limpedea Open in Baia Mare, Romania to secure his third and final GM norm and attain the Grandmaster title. He finished the tournament with 7 points from nine rounds to wrap the GM norm requirements.

The 15-year-old had obtained his maiden GM norm at the Serbia Open in 2021 and the second in the Vezerkepzo GM round-robin tourney in Budapest, Hungary in June.

Pranav is the 27th Grandmaster from Tamil Nadu, a list which includes the legendary Viswanathan Anand and teen sensations D.Gukesh and R.Praggnanandhaa among others..

Source : Theweek

Published On : August 8, 2022

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