{"id":3954,"date":"2019-07-22T10:05:41","date_gmt":"2019-07-22T10:05:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/?p=3954"},"modified":"2019-07-22T17:04:38","modified_gmt":"2019-07-22T17:04:38","slug":"prithu-gupta-become-indias-64th-grandmaster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/prithu-gupta-become-indias-64th-grandmaster\/","title":{"rendered":"Prithu Gupta become India’s 64th Grandmaster"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Delhi’s Prithu Gupta <\/strong>become India’s 64th Grandmaster who got Elo around 2500 points. Gupta, who picked up the sport as a nine-year-old, has achieved the sensational feat at the age of 15 years, 4 months and 10 days. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2019<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

His achievement came 31 years after Viswanathan Anand had\nbecome India’s first Grandmaster. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

“And we are complete. 64th GM!! Welcome our newest GM\nPrithu Gupta!,” Anand posted from his twitter handle. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In reply, Gupta thanked Anand for his wishes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Thank you Anand sir .. You have always been the\nbiggest inspiration,” tweeted the youngster. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gupta received his first GM norm at the Gibraltar Masters\nlast year, before achieving the second norm at the Biel Masters the same year.\nHe got the final norm at the Porticcio Open early this month and finally\nachieved the required ELO points with win over Yankelevich. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

D Gukesh is India’s youngest GM at 12 years, 7 months and 17\ndays. He had achieved the feat in January this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some Top 10 Chess Grand masters in India<\/strong>
Here some of the grand masters names are given below . Their rating are given along with their names.
 1. Anand, Viswanathan – 2776
 2. Harikrishna, P. – 2731
3. Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi – 2723
4. Sasikiran, Krishnan – 2671
5. Ganguly, Surya Shekhar – 2657
6. Negi, Parimarjan – 2656
7. Adhiban, B. – 2650
8. Sethuraman, S.P. – 2649
9. Aravindh, Chithambaram VR – 2617
10. Gupta, Abhijeet \u2013 2615<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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