Who becomes India's 83rd chess Grandmaster?

S. L. Narayanan

Abhijeet Gupta

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Correct Answer : Option (C) - Aditya Samant

Aditya Samant became India’s 83rd Grandmaster after earning his third GM norm at the Master Tournament (MTO) in the Biel International Chess Festival 2023.

The Maharashtra player had earned his first norm to become a grandmaster at the Abu Dhabi Masters in August 2022

To become a GM, a player has to secure three GM norms and cross the live rating of 2,500 Elo points and his live rating going into the ninth round game is 2525.4.

He secured his second GM norm at the 3rd El Llobregat Open in December 2022.

BREAKING News: Aditya Samant becomes India's 83rd Grandmaster

IM Aditya S Samant became India's 83rd Grandmaster when he started his 9th round game against Aryan Chopra at the #BielChess MTO 2023. Drawing his 8th round game against Bu Xiangzhi, all Aditya needed to achieve his… pic.twitter.com/EG986RAmWD
— ChessBase India (@ChessbaseIndia) July 26, 2023

Published On : July 28, 2023

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