15-year-old Prraneeth Vuppala becomes India's 82nd Grandmaster

NewsBharati    14-May-2023 15:28:18 PM
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Prraneeth Vuppala became the 82nd Indian chess Grandmaster (GM) after a win over the controversy-marred American GM Hans Niemann in the penultimate round of the 2023 Baku Open.
 
 
15-year-old Prraneeth Vuppala becomes India's 82nd Grandmaster
 
Having already achieved all the required norms to achieve the GM title, the win against Niemann helped Vuppala to cross 2500 in the live ratting. His exact rating point is 2500.5.
 
Prraneeth, however, lost his final round battle against fellow Indian GM Luke Mendonca, who was ultimately crowned the tournament champion.
 
 
 
The 15-year-old Prraneeth had earned his first GM norm in March 2022, where he also earned the title of an International Master (IM), before earning his second norm in July of the same year. He earned his third and earlier this year at the 2nd Chessable Sunway Formentera Open 2023.
 
Hailing from a Ilagadapa village in Telangana's Nalgonda district, Prraneeth Vuppala started playing chess at the age of mere five-and-half years. The youngster picked up the sport after watching his father play with one of his friends.
 
Vuppala has since grown from strength to strength and also holds the distinction of being a former world number 1 in the under-11 age group category.
Prraneeth’s live rating will reflect when FIDE Rating list for the month of June will be published on June 1, 2023.