Pranav Anand
Pranav Anand | |
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| Country | India |
| Born | 3 November 2006 Tiruchirappalli, India |
| Title | Grandmaster (2022)[1] |
| FIDE rating | 2590 (August 2025) |
| Peak rating | 2590 (August 2025) |
Pranav Anand is an Indian chess grandmaster.
Career
In September 2022, Pranav won the U16 section of the World Youth Chess Championship. [2] He also crossed the 2500 rating mark during the event, securing the Grandmaster title.[3]
In July 2023, Pranav won the Rapid portion of the Biel Chess Festival with an undefeated score of 8/9 ahead of Shawn Rodrigue-Lemieux and Marco Materia, who both scored 7.5/9.[4]
In September 2023, Pranav was leading the World Junior Chess Championship after defeating Kirk Ghazarian in the 6th round.[5]
In July 2025, Pranav finished at second place in the Biel Masters Open with 7½/10. [6]
References
- ^ "FIDE Title Application (GM)" (PDF).
- ^ Cyriac, Biju (17 September 2022). "Pranav Anand emerges world U-16 champ, becomes GM". The Times of India. Retrieved 5 August 2025.
- ^ Arora, Sumit (17 September 2022). "15 year old Pranav Anand becomes India's 76th Chess Grandmaster".
- ^ Ahmed, Shahid (17 July 2023). "Pranav Anand dominates 56th Biel Chess Festival Rapid Open 2023".
- ^ Ahmed, Shahid (27 September 2023). "World Junior 2023 R6: Dushyant and Pranav Anand in a six-pack lead".
- ^ "Karthikeyan Murali convincingly clinches 58th Biel Chess Festival MTO, Pranav Anand second". chessbase.in.