Bengaluru teenager Pranav Anand became India's 76th Grandmaster after he crossed the 2,500 Elo mark in the ongoing World Youth Chess Championship in Mamaia, Romania. (More Sports News)
The 15-year-old, having already met the other requirements that are necessary for a GM title, achieved the honour lat🌳e on Thu🍰rsday.
To become a GM, a player has to secure three GM norms and cross the live 💟rating 🔜of 2,500 Elo points.
Anand had scored the third and final GM norm at the 55th Bi🧔el Chess Festival in Switzerland in July.
"He is passionate towards che🍷ss. Extremely interested and passionate towards the game. He can work fꦇor any number of hours," Anand's coach V Saravanan told PTI.
"He is especially good in calculation and end games...they are his two biggest strengths right noꦦw," Saravanan said about his ward's ninth round win in the under-16 section of the World Youth Chess Championship 2022.
"Also, the most important reason for Pranav🔯's achievement is the dedication of his family,ꦚ his mother, father...They have spent so much time on and supported him."
"If the pandemic was not there, Pranav could have become a GM at least a yea☂r ago. He is one of the most talented kids I have ever come across," the International Master added.
Anand had secured hiꦓs third and final GM norm in Biel by drawing his game against Spain number five GM Eduardo Iturrizaga Bonelli (2619) in the penultimate round.
He had also bﷺeaten GM Maxime Lagarde of France (2631), GM Sethuraman S P(2623), drawn with GM Ar💧yan Chopra (2610) and GM Shant Sargsyan of Armenia (2661) in the event.
His f🐬irst two GM norms cam🧸e in the Sitges Open (in January 2022) and Vezerkepso GM Round Robin (March 2022) tournaments.
