Month: July 2023

On Wednesday, Aditya S. Samant attained the required 2500 Elo points to become the 83rd Grandmaster in India. At the BielChess MTO 2023 competition, the 17-year-old Samant, an International Master, upgraded to GM as he began his ninth-round match against fellow countryman Aryan Chopra.

On Wednesday, the young Indian grandmaster R. Praggnanandhaa won the V Geza Hetenyi Memorial Super GM Chess Tournament 2023, scoring 6.5 points in the entire tournament. In all, he finished with five outright wins in the nine-round tournament, and just one loss.