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Guwahati
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Visakhapatnam
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Chennai
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Pune
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Detailed explanation-1: -Tamilnadu teenager International Master Arjun Kalyan becomes India’s 68th Grandmaster by crossing the mandatory rating barrier of 2500 after beating GM Dragan Kosic in the fifth round of GM Round Robin event at Serbia.
Detailed explanation-2: -Nineteen-year-old Kolkata-based chess player Koustav Chatterjee became India’s 78th Grandmaster on Saturday. Koustav is also the tenth GM from West Bengal.
Detailed explanation-3: -Dibyendu Barua was the first Grandmaster from West Bengal. Koustav, perhaps fittingly, is a product of the Dibyendu Barua Chess Academy. A bright student, he cleared CBSE exams from South Point High School in 2022 with 98% of marks from the commerce section.
Detailed explanation-4: -India has got its 79th Grandmaster (GM) in a 16-year-old Pranesh M from Tamil Nadu. After beating GM Frode Olav Olsen Urkedal of Norway, Pranesh attained the required 2500 ELO ratings and won the Rilton Cup in the final round to claim the title. With this, he also becomes India’s first Grandmaster of this year.