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Tamil Nadu: 11 Dec 1969: 2: Praggnanandhaa R: 2747 GM: Tamil Nadu: ... Anupama Gokhale was the first chess player to be awarded the Padma Shri at the age of 16 in 1986.
Praggnanandhaa was born in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, on 10 August 2005. His father, Rameshbabu, works as a branch manager at TNSC Bank, and his mother, Nagalakshmi, is a homemaker. His elder sister, R Vaishali, is also a chess grandmaster. Career 2013–2017
Vaishali was born in Chennai, Tamil Nadu on 21 June 2001. Her father, Rameshbabu, works as a branch manager at TNSC Bank, and her mother, Nagalakshmi, is a homemaker. Her younger brother R Praggnanandhaa is also a chess grandmaster. Career. Vaishali won the Girls' World Youth Chess Championship for Under-12s in 2012 and Under-14s in 2015.
Viswanathan " Vishy " Anand (born 11 December 1969) is an Indian chess grandmaster, a former five-time World Chess Champion [2] and a record two-time Chess World Cup Champion. [3] He became the first grandmaster from India in 1988, and he has the eighth-highest peak FIDE rating of all time. [4] In 2022, he was elected the deputy president of FIDE.
Gukesh was born into a Telugu family on 29 May 2006 in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. His parents hail from the Godavari delta region of Andhra Pradesh. His father, Dr. Rajinikanth, is an ear, nose and throat surgeon, and his mother, Dr. Padma, is a microbiologist. He learned to play chess at the age of seven.
Manuel Aaron (born 30 December 1935) is the first Indian chess master in the second half of the 20th century. He dominated chess in India in the 1960s to the 1980s, was the national champion of India nine times between 1959 and 1981. He is India's first chess player to be awarded the FIDE Title of International Master title, and is one of the ...
Modern day chess is a widely popular game in the state and Tamil Nadu State Chess Association is the apex body for the game of chess in Tamil Nadu. The state has produced many grandmasters including Viswanathan Anand , one of the greatest and most versatile players of the modern era having won the World Chess Championship five times from 2002 ...
Viswanathan Anand is currently No. 9 in the FIDE World Rankings and the former World Champion. Viswanathan "Vishy" Anand (born 11 December 1969) is an Indian chess grandmaster and former world chess champion. He became the first grandmaster from India in 1988, and is one of the few players to have surpassed an Elo rating of 2800, a feat he ...