¨ Raahul
VS has become India’s 91st Grandmaster.
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He secured the title after winning the 6th
ASEAN Individual Chess Championship.
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In November 2021, Raahul earned the
International Master title.
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He secured his fourth and fifth
International Master (IM) norms at that time. He also crossed a live rating of
2400 to qualify.
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A week earlier, Chennai’s Illamparthi AR
became India’s 90th Grandmaster.
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He achieved his final norm at the
Bijeljina Open 2025 in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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S Rohith Krishna became India’s 89th
Grandmaster in August.
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He scored six points out of nine at the
Almaty Masters Qonaev Cup in Kazakhstan and crossed the 2500 Elo rating mark.
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The Grandmaster title is awarded by FIDE.
It is the highest honour in chess.
¨ The
title ranks above International Master, FIDE Master (FM), and Candidate Master
(CM).
