R Raja Rithvik has develop into the seventieth and newest Chess Grandmaster from India to attain his third and closing benchmark at a current occasion in Hungary.
Former world champion and Indian chess legend Viswanathan Anand praised the 17-year-old Warangal native for getting into the GM membership.
“Congratulations to King Ritwik on changing into the seventieth Grand Master of India! “A very proud moment to see our numbers increase,” Anand, the nation’s first GM, mentioned in a tweet on Monday.
The All India Chess Federation congratulated Raja Ritwik on changing into the Grandmaster.
Rithvik, who earned his first GM benchmark in 2019, achieved his second and third benchmark in lower than a month.
After securing the second criterion on the Skalika Open, the Indian received the third criterion within the first Saturday GM event to fulfill the GM title necessities.
He touched the magical 2500 Elo mark by defeating Václav Finek within the fourth spherical of the event.
Harshit Raja of Pune turned the 69th GM of India final month.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
