Rahul Srivatshav P of Telangana has become India's 74th Grandmaster, achieving the title after breaking the 2500 (Elo points) barrier in live FIDE ratings during the 9th Cattolica Chess Festival 2022 in Italy. The 19-year-old player reached the 2500 Elo live rating mark after drawing his 8th round game against Grandmaster Levan Pantsulaia in the Cattolica event.
To become a GM, a player has to secure three GM norms and cross the live rating of 2500 Elo points.
His current Elo rating is 2468. Srivatshav had already secured five GM norms and achieved the title when he crossed the rating threshold of 2500 on Friday. To become a GM, a player has to secure three GM norms and cross the live rating of 2500 Elo points.
IM Rahul Srivatshav is on a roll. He secured second place and clinched a GM norm in Chania Open 2019 recently and is now all set for World Youth and World Juniors.
— ChessBase India (@ChessbaseIndia) September 27, 2019
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“India one more step closer to getting 100 Grandmasters! Meet our newest addition to the elite club, 19-year-old Rahul Srivatshav from Telangana, India’s 74th Grandmaster! A big congratulations to Rahul, his coach and family!,” All India Chess Federation president Sanjay Kapoor tweeted on Saturday.
Bharath Subramaniyam had become the country's 73rd GM in January. The legendary Viswanathan Anand is India's first GM, which he became way back in 1988.
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