Chennai lad V Pranav becomes India’s 75th Grandmaster

Chennai lad V Pranav becomes India’s 75th Grandmaster

Chess prodigy V Pranav 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.

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.