Pranav Anand

Pranav Anand is an Indian chess grandmaster.

Not to be confused with Pranav V.
In this Indian name, the name Anand is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by the given name, Pranav.
Pranav Anand
CountryIndia
Born (2006-11-03) November 3, 2006
Tiruchirappalli, India
TitleGrandmaster (2022)[1]
FIDE rating2540 (June 2024)
Peak rating2540 (June 2024)

Career

In September 2022, Pranav won the U16 section of the World Youth Chess Championship. [2] He also crossed the 2500 rating mark during the event, securing the Grandmaster title.[3]

In July 2023, Pranav won the Rapid portion of the Biel Chess Festival with an undefeated score of 8/9 ahead of Shawn Rodrigue-Lemieux and Marco Materia, who both scored 7.5/9.[4]

In September 2023, Pranav was leading the World Junior Chess Championship after defeating Kirk Ghazarian in the 6th round.[5]

References
  1. "FIDE Title Application (GM)" (PDF).
  2. Cyriac, Biju (September 17, 2022). "Pranav Anand emerges world U-16 champ, becomes GM".
  3. Arora, Sumit (September 17, 2022). "15 year old Pranav Anand becomes India's 76th Chess Grandmaster".
  4. Ahmed, Shahid (July 17, 2023). "Pranav Anand dominates 56th Biel Chess Festival Rapid Open 2023".
  5. Ahmed, Shahid (September 27, 2023). "World Junior 2023 R6: Dushyant and Pranav Anand in a six-pack lead".
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