Pranav V

Pranav Venkatesh 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) October 13, 2006
Bangalore, Karnataka, India
TitleGrandmaster (2022)[1]
FIDE rating2597 (May 2023)
Peak rating2597 (May 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 (August 22, 2022). "Pranav Venkatesh becomes India's 75th Grandmaster".
  3. "Chennai lad V Pranav becomes India's 75th Grandmaster". August 7, 2022.
  4. Tomar, Ajay (October 11, 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 (October 31, 2022). "V for victory! Pranav V wins Challengers Chess Tour in style".


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