Vuppala Prraneeth is India’s 82nd Grandmaster

May 16, 2023

Prraneeth, a 15-year-old chess player from Telangana, achieved the title of Grandmaster, becoming the sixth from the state and the 82nd in India.
He secured this milestone by defeating GM Hans Niemann from the US during the penultimate round of the Baku Open 2023.
The first Indian grandmaster was Viswanathan Anand, who won the title in 1988.