Pranav Anand

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 (age 18)
Tiruchirappalli, India
TitleGrandmaster (2022)[1]
FIDE rating2538 (December 2024)
Peak rating2552 (August 2024)

Pranav Anand is an Indian chess grandmaster.

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".