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2019

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Name the Indian Chess Grandmaster, who won the 2019 Asian Continental Chess Championship in Xingtai, China in the blitz event.
A
Nihal Sarin
B
Gukesh D
C
Viswanathan Anand
D
Vidit Santosh Gujrathi
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Nihal Sarin, a 14-year-old Indian Chess Grandmaster has secured a win at the 2019 Asian Continental Chess Championship in Xingtai, China in the blitz event.

Detailed explanation-2: -Asian Continental Chess Championships (Open and Women’s Championships) 25 October – 04 November 2022, New Delhi, – All India Chess Federation.

Detailed explanation-3: -For the first time in six years, India won a Gold at this event. The previous Gold medalist was GM Sethuraman S P in 2016. GM R Praggnanandhaa, GM Harsha Bharathakoti, GM B Adhiban and GM S L Narayanan secured the top four places and qualified to the FIDE World Cup 2023.

Detailed explanation-4: -Viswanathan Anand, (born December 11, 1969, Madras [now Chennai], India), Indian chess master who won the Fédération Internationale des Échecs (FIDE; international chess federation) world championship in 2000, 2007, 2008, 2010, and 2012. Anand learned to play chess from his mother when he was 6 years old.

Detailed explanation-5: -Viswanathan Anand won the World Junior Chess Championship when he was 14. He became India’s first chess grandmaster in 1988. Q. Which Grandmaster and former world junior champion won the Commonwealth Chess Championship in July, 2015?

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