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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 ...
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]
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]
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 .
In March 2022, he earned the International Master title by drawing the game with V. S. Rathanvel at the First Saturday tournament in Budapest. [6] He also earned his first grandmaster norm at the same event. [7] In 2023, he achieved his final grandmaster norm, and became the 82nd grandmaster from India. [8] [9]
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.
That same year, he was named as the U.S. Chess League's MVP. [2] In 2016, he achieved his final GM norm by defeating Vera Gonzalez in the Philadelphia International. [3] In July 2022, Priyadharshan coached the Brazilian team for the 44th Chess Olympiad on the recommendation of his fellow Webster University graduate and grandmaster André ...
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