Venkatesh M. R.

In this Indian name, the name Marani Rajendran is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by the given name, Venkatesh.

Venkatesh M. R.
CountryIndia
Born (1985-05-20) 20 May 1985
Chennai, India
TitleGrandmaster (2012)[1]
Peak rating2528 (October 2018)

Venkatesh Marani Rajendran is an Indian chess grandmaster.

Chess career

In July 2012, Venkatesh earned his Grandmaster title after finishing second to Abhijeet Gupta at the Philadelphia International Chess Tournament.[2]

In the seventh round of the MPL 59th National Senior Chess Championship 2022, Venkatesh defeated Gupta to share the tournament lead with Mitrabha Guha and S. P. Sethuraman.[3]

In February 2023, Venkatesh won the 21st Dolomitenbank Open Lienz by defeating Sandipan Chanda in the final round.[4]

References

  1. ^ "FIDE Title Application (GM)" (PDF).
  2. ^ "Venkatesh is GM". The Hindu. 5 July 2012. Retrieved 3 August 2025.
  3. ^ Ahmed, Shahid (29 December 2022). "MPL 59th National Senior R7: Venkatesh makes it a three-way race".
  4. ^ Ahmed, Shahid (21 February 2023). "Venkatesh M R clinches 21st Dolomitenbank Open Lienz 2023".
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