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The board of Indian chess - the board of 100 GMs is complete! :) Thank you @vishy64theking for inspiring an entire nation! It took us close to 40 years to achieve this milestone!

The next 100 is going to be way faster! :)

The beautiful venue of @TotalChess World Championship Pilot - it's the @Anantara_Hotels in Budapest!

GM Pranesh M lift the trophy at the inaugural Chola Chess GM Open in Chennai.
He defeated GM Pa. Iniyan in the final round to claim the title outright with 7/9 and won INR 10 Lakhs.

The moment everyone has been waiting for is here - India has got it's 100th Chess Grandmaster! IM Anuj Shrivatri of Madhya Pradesh won the 7th ASEAN Plus Individual Open Chess Championship and earned the Grandmaster title.

After losing the first game, Anuj scored 7/8 points to win the tournament. With this, India gained its 100th GM, and Madhya Pradesh got its first. Huge congratulations to Anuj and his family on this achievement!

And what an incredibly proud moment for Indian Chess!

Graphic: Anmol Bhargav

BREAKING NEWS!! IM Anuj Shrivatri Becomes India's 100th Grandmaster

IM Anuj Shrivatri of Madhya Pradesh won the 7th ASEAN Plus Individual Open Chess Championship and earned the Grandmaster title. After losing the first game, Anuj scored 7/8 points to win the tournament. With this, India gained its 100th Grandmaster, and Madhya Pradesh got its first. Huge congratulations to Anuj and his family on this achievement!

The journey was long and long-awaited by many. Indians were waiting for that 100-mark, and people in Madhya Pradesh were waiting for their first. On the auspicious day of Diwali, this is a gift from Anuj to all of us!! @AnujShrivatri

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