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Rahul Srivatshav becomes India's 74th Grandmaster

Published on 15 Jun 2022

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  • 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 Rahul Srivatshav P reached the 2500 Elo live rating mark after drawing his 8th round game against Grandmaster Levan Pantsulaia in the Cattolica event.
  • The current Elo rating of Srivatshav is 2468.
  • Srivatshav secured five GM norms and also achieved the title when he crossed the rating threshold of 2500.
  • Bharath Subramaniyam became the country’s 73rd GM in January.
  • The legendary Viswanathan Anand is India’s first GM.
Source: SarkariPariksha