Raja Rithvik becomes 70th Grandmaster of India

Raja Rithvik becomes 70th Grandmaster of India

Question: Recently, who has become India’s 70th Grandmaster in Chess?
(a) Raja Rithvik
(b) Jha Sriram
(c) Saptarshi Roy Chowdhury
(d) Praveen M Thipsay
Answer: (a)
Related Facts:

  • Raja Rithvik has become India’s 70th and latest chess Grandmaster, achieving his third and final Grandmaster norm during a competition in Hungary.
  • He won the GM title at the Vezerkepzo Grandmaster Chess Tournament in Budapest, Hungary. In this way he became the 70th Grandmaster of the country.
  • Viswanathan Anand became the first grandmaster from India in 1988.

BY: AMIT GUPTA

Reference: https://indianexpress.com/article/sports/chess/raja-rithvik-becomes-indias-70th-gm-maestro-anand-congratulates-him-7523297/