Bharat Subramaniam became the 73rd GM (Twitter) of India
Fourteen-year-old Bharat Subramaniam became the 73rd Chess Grandmaster of India.
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Fourteen-year-old Bharat Subramaniam on Sunday became India’s 73rd Chess Grandmaster after meeting his third and final GM criteria at the Vargani Cup Open in Italy.
Subramaniam scored 6.5 points along with four others in nine rounds to finish seventh overall in the event. He achieved his third GM benchmark here and also touched the expected 2,500 (Elo) mark.
Specifically, to become a GM, a player must secure three GM criteria and pass a live rating of 2,500 Elo Points.
The All India Chess Federation (AICF) also congratulated Kishor on his feat.
Fourteen-year-old Bharat Subramaniam became the country’s 73rd Grandmaster after completing his final GM norm and crossing 2500 ratings at the Vargani Cup Open in Italy. The All India Chess Federation congratulates Bharat for this achievement,” AICF wrote on its website.
Meanwhile, another Indian Grandmaster MR Lalit Babu also participated in the Vargani Cup Open and won the title in Italy on Sunday.
In the tournament, 9th seed Lalit scored seventh out of a possible 9, and tied for pole position with second seed GM Neiman Hans Moke of the United States, Vitaly Bernadsky of Ukraine and Nurgyul Salimova of Bulgaria.
But a better tie-break score helped Lalit finish as champions, while Moke finished as runner-up first. Ukraine’s top seed Anton Korobov finished fifth.
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