Pranesh M

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January 7, 2023: The Times of India

Pranesh M, 16, has become India’s latest chess grandmaster 79th winning the Rilton Cup title in Stockholm, Sweden, in a dominating fashion.


It was not a run-of-the-mill norm performance which comes with an agreed draw in the last round. Pranesh (Elo 2475), 16, beat GM Frode Olav Olsen Urkedal of Norway in the ninth and last round with black pieces on Thursday.


The Indian played all decisive games, winning eight of them to touch Elo 2500 in live rating. To become a GM, a player has to secure three GM norms and cross the live rating of 2,500 Elo points. Thursday’s win gave Pranesh his third GM norm.


The time control was 90 minutes for the first 40 moves and 30 minutes more for the rest of the game with 30 seconds increment from the first move. It was a Queen’s Gambit Declined game in which Pranesh eked out a win after 67 moves. In the middle game, there were 8-9 maneuverings of the Black king including a possibility of three-fold repetition. But soon, the Indian broke free and won on the strength of pawn structure and heckling the White king. 
Pranesh was the 22nd seed in a field of 130-plus players that had an average rating ofElo 2334. His rating performance was a creditable 2775 when only 2600 i s enough for a GM norm. The recent National championship in Delhi had such a weak field (average rating 1955) that champion Karthik Venkataraman could not give even a GM-norm level performance.


Pranesh is coached by GM RB Ramesh at Chess Gurukul. Ramesh said, “ Pranesh is a practical player. Hardworking and raw talent. . . his openings are not that good, but his middle game and endgame skills are quite good. ”


Pranesh is now the early leader of the FIDE Cir cuit with 6. 8 circuit points that he gets for the victory. Rilton Cup was the year’s first tournament of the circuit. The one who accumulates the most points by the end of the year qualifies for the 2024 FIDE Candidates.