CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -R Raja Rithvik became Chess Grandmaster after he crossed the ELO Rating of 2500. The 17-year-old achieved this GM title in Vezerkepzo Grandmaster Chess Tournament in Budapest, Hungary.

Detailed explanation-2: -To become a grandmaster, a player must achieve both of the following: An Elo rating of at least 2500 at any point in their career (although they need not maintain this level to obtain or keep the title).

Detailed explanation-3: -M Pranesh clinched the title in the Rilton Cup, the first tournament of the FIDE Circuit, here to become India’s 79th chess Grandmaster. The 16-year-old Pranesh crossed the 2500-rating threshold and became a GM, having completed his three norms before the Rilton Cup.

Detailed explanation-4: -All India Chess Federation congratulate Raja Rithvik for the remarkable achievement.