Arjun Kalyan becomes 68th Indian Grandmaster
April 26 , 2021
1215 days
1002
- Tamil Nadu’s Arjun Kalyan became India’s 68th Chess Grandmaster.
- He achieved this when he crossed the 2500 ELO mark after beating Dragan Kosic in the fifth round of GM Round Robin “Rujna Zore-3” in Serbia.
- Arjun is coached by IM Saravanan and Ukrainian GM Aleksandr Goloshchapov.
- He began playing chess at the age of nine and got his FIDE rating a year later.
- Viswanathan Anand became the country’s first Grandmaster, in 1988.
![](https://www.tnpscthervupettagam.com/assets/home/media/general/original_image/26-122.jpg)
Post Views:
1002