Venkatesh M. R.

Venkatesh Marani Rajendran is an Indian chess grandmaster.

In this Indian name, the name Marani Rajendran is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by the given name, Venkatesh.
Venkatesh M. R.
CountryIndia
Born (1985-05-20) May 20, 1985
Chennai, India
TitleGrandmaster (2012)[1]
Peak rating2528 (October 2018)

Chess career

In July 2012, Venkatesh earned his Grandmaster title after finishing second to Abhijeet Gupta at the Philadelphia International Chess Tournament.[2]

In the seventh round of the MPL 59th National Senior Chess Championship 2022, Venkatesh defeated Gupta to share the tournament lead with Mitrabha Guha and S. P. Sethuraman.[3]

In February 2023, Venkatesh won the 21st Dolomitenbank Open Lienz by defeating Sandipan Chanda in the final round.[4]

References
  1. "FIDE Title Application (GM)" (PDF).
  2. "Venkatesh is GM". July 5, 2012.
  3. Ahmed, Shahid (December 29, 2022). "MPL 59th National Senior R7: Venkatesh makes it a three-way race".
  4. Ahmed, Shahid (February 21, 2023). "Venkatesh M R clinches 21st Dolomitenbank Open Lienz 2023".
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