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The top 100 junior players of the world include 20 Indian players, among them Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu at Rank 2, Arjun Erigaisi at Rank 5, Gukesh D at rank 6, and Nihal Sarin at Rank 8. [7] The top 100 junior girl players of the world include 7 Indian players, among them Velpula Sarayu at rank 2, Divya Deshmukh at rank 5 and Savitha Shri B at ...
On 20 February 2022, he became the third Indian player (after Anand and Harikrishna) to win a game against World Champion Magnus Carlsen in any time format, in the online Airthings Masters rapid tournament of the Champions Chess Tour 2022, with a 15+10 time control. [25] [26] The record has since broken by Gukesh D, on 16 October 2022. [27] [28]
Highest-ranked French player (2013, since 2014) 8 India: Viswanathan Anand: 2817 2011-03 1969 Highest-ranked Indian player (since 1987), former world champion (2007–2013, FIDE 2000–2002), formerly world no. 1 (2007, 2008, 2010, 2011) Soviet Union Russia: Vladimir Kramnik: 2817 2016-10 1975
Rahul Srivatshav Peddi is an Indian grandmaster (GM) of chess, as recognized by FIDE. [1] He was born on December 29, 2002, in Guntur . [ 2 ] In 2018, he earned his international master (IM) title and went on to earn the grandmaster title in 2022, becoming India's 74th grandmaster of chess.
Aditya played in the Aimchess Rapid tournament of the Champions Chess Tour 2022, where he managed to score wins against Arjun Erigaisi, Vincent Keymer, and Nils Grandelius. In December 2022, Aditya became India's 77th grandmaster by drawing against Francisco Vallejo Pons during the Ellobregat Open tournament in Catalonia, which caused his live ...
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), alongside competing in the Magnus Carlsen Academy Challenge, winning both events. [4] He later won chess24's Challengers Chess Tour by defeating Raunak Sadhwani in the final round. [5]
In June 2018, he defeated Valeriy Neverov (who was rated 200 points higher) in an upset in the fifth round of the 11th Mumbai Mayor's International Chess Tournament. [2]In August 2021, he achieved his second GM norm after defeating Valentina Gunina at the Skalica Chess Festival and finishing in second place in the event.
Nandhidhaa won an individual Gold in Asian Chess Championship held at New Delhi on 3 November 2022, making her only the 9th Indian Women to clinch the Asian Gold. She scored an unbeaten and impressive 7.5/9 to clinch the title, thereby also qualifying for the Women's Chess World Cup 2023 .