Pranav V

Pranav Venkatesh (born 13 October 2006) is an Indian chess grandmaster.

In this Indian name, the name Venkatesh is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by the given name, Pranav.

Pranav V
Born (2006-10-13) 13 October 2006
Bangalore, Karnataka, India
TitleGrandmaster (2022)[1]
FIDE rating2579 (October 2023)
Peak rating2608 (June 2023)

Chess career

Pranav began playing chess at the age of 6, and had several coaches including K Visweswaran. He obtained his first two GM norms at the Serbia Open in 2021 and in the Vezerkepzo GM tournament in Budapest, Hungary in June 2022.[2]

In August 2022, Pranav obtained his final norm by winning the Limpedea Open in Baia Mare, Romania championship, becoming the 75th grandmaster from India and the 27th grandmaster from the state of Tamil Nadu.[3]

In October 2022, he played for India in the World U-16 Youth Olympiad (alongside Pranesh M, Harshad S, Rohit S, Mrittika Mallick, and Boramanikar Tanisha S) and the Magnus Carlsen Academy Challenge simultaneously, winning both events.[4] He later won chess24's Challengers Chess Tour by defeating Raunak Sadhwani in the final round.[5]

References
  1. "FIDE Title Application (GM)" (PDF).
  2. Ahmed, Shahid (22 August 2022). "Pranav Venkatesh becomes India's 75th Grandmaster".
  3. "Chennai lad V Pranav becomes India's 75th Grandmaster". 7 August 2022.
  4. Tomar, Ajay (11 October 2022). "15-year-old Tamil Nadu GM Pranav V wins gold, finishes first in two strong international tournaments at the same time".
  5. Watson, Leon (31 October 2022). "V for victory! Pranav V wins Challengers Chess Tour in style".
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