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			\| name = Lalit Babu M R
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			\| caption = Lalit at the 2017 National Chess Championship
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			\| country = [[India]]
			\| birth_date = {{Birth date and age\|df=yes\|1993\|1\|5}}
			\| birth_place = [[Vijayawada]], [[Andhra Pradesh]], India
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			\| title = [[Grandmaster (chess)\|Grandmaster]] (2012)
			\| worldchampion =
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			\| peakrating = 2594 (March 2019)
			\| FideID = 5024595
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	'''Musunuri Rohit ~~Lalith~~ Babu''' (born 5 January 1993) is an Indian [[chess]] player. He was awarded the title of [[Grandmaster (chess)\|Grandmaster]] by [[FIDE]] in 2012.		'''Musunuri Rohit Lalit Babu''' (born 5 January 1993) is an Indian [[chess]] player. He was awarded the title of [[Grandmaster (chess)\|Grandmaster]] by [[FIDE]] in 2012. He is the 4th International Chess GrandMaster of Andhra Pradesh, [https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/chess/Indian-men-clinch-historic-bronze-in-Chess-Olympiad/articleshow/40285470.cms Olympiad Bronze Medalist first ever medal for India] in entire Chess history, Commonwealth Gold Medalist. Asian silver Medalist, National Champion, Limca Book record holder. He has won 20 individual gold, 15 individual silver and 14 individual bronze medals in National as well as International tournaments. Till date he had represented our Country in nearly 60 Major International Tournaments for over the past 15 years.

	He was born in [[Vijayawada]],<ref name=fide>{{Cite web\|url=https://ratings.fide.com/title_applications.phtml?details=1&id=5024595&title=GM&pb=32\|title=Title Applications. 1st quarter Presidential Board 2012, 3-6 February, Al Ain, UAE\|website=FIDE\|access-date=2017-06-19}}</ref> [[Krishna District]], [[Andhra Pradesh]]. Lalith Babu took the silver medal at the Asian Junior Chess Championship in 2008 and as a result he was awarded the title of [[FIDE titles\|International Master]].<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://zeenews.india.com/sports/others/after-gm-title-babu-aims-to-become-world-champion_735513.html\|title=After GM title Babu aims to become world champion\|date=2012-01-11\|website=Zee News\|language=en\|access-date=2019-06-11}}</ref> He achieved the title of Grandmaster after scoring [[Norm (chess)\|norm]]s at [[Balaguer]] in October 2008, [[Chennai]] Open in 2010 and [[Hastings International Chess Congress\|Hastings Master]]s in 2012.<ref name=fide/>		He was born in [[Vijayawada]],<ref name=fide>{{Cite web\|url=https://ratings.fide.com/title_applications.phtml?details=1&id=5024595&title=GM&pb=32\|title=Title Applications. 1st quarter Presidential Board 2012, 3-6 February, Al Ain, UAE\|website=FIDE\|access-date=2017-06-19}}</ref> [[Krishna District]], [[Andhra Pradesh]]. Lalith Babu took the silver medal at the Asian Junior Chess Championship in 2008 and as a result he was awarded the title of [[FIDE titles\|International Master]].<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://zeenews.india.com/sports/others/after-gm-title-babu-aims-to-become-world-champion_735513.html\|title=After GM title Babu aims to become world champion\|date=2012-01-11\|website=Zee News\|language=en\|access-date=2019-06-11}}</ref> He achieved the title of Grandmaster after scoring [[Norm (chess)\|norm]]s at [[Balaguer]] in October 2008, [[Chennai]] Open in 2010 and [[Hastings International Chess Congress\|Hastings Master]]s in 2012.<ref name=fide/>
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	He won the [[Leiden]] chess tournament in the Netherlands in 2009.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic767.html#29\|title=The Week in Chess 767\|website=theweekinchess.com\|access-date=2019-06-11}}</ref> The following year, Lalith Babu took the bronze medal at the Parsvnath Commonwealth Championship in [[New Delhi]].<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://reports.chessdom.com/news-2010/parsvnath-commonwealth-chess-championship\|title=Parsvnath Commonwealth Chess Championship 2010\|date=2010-05-18\|website=reports.chessdom.com\|publisher=Chessdom\|access-date=2019-06-11}}</ref> He won the [[Commonwealth Chess Championship]] in 2012 at Chennai<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://www.chessdom.com/commonwealth-chess-championships-2012-tiviakov-champion-lalith-babu-awarded-commonwealth-title/\|title=Commonwealth Chess Championships 2012 – Tiviakov Champion, Lalith Babu awarded Commonwealth title {{!}} Chessdom\|language=en-US\|access-date=2019-06-11}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web \|url=http://www.aicf.in/news/december/Lalith-Babu-is-Commonwealth-Champion-Tiviakov-wins-Open-title.php \|title=Archived copy \|access-date=18 July 2015 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304101758/http://www.aicf.in/news/december/Lalith-Babu-is-Commonwealth-Champion-Tiviakov-wins-Open-title.php \|archive-date=4 March 2016 \|url-status=dead }}</ref> and won the Chennai Super Kings International Grandmaster tournament in 2013 on tiebreak over [[Lu Shanglei]].<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://www.chessdom.com/chennai-super-kings-open-lalith-babu-emerges-champion/\|title=Chennai Super Kings Open: Lalith Babu emerges Champion\|publisher=Chessdom\|date=2013-01-23\|access-date=2019-06-11}}</ref>		He won the [[Leiden]] chess tournament in the Netherlands in 2009.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic767.html#29\|title=The Week in Chess 767\|website=theweekinchess.com\|access-date=2019-06-11}}</ref> The following year, Lalith Babu took the bronze medal at the Parsvnath Commonwealth Championship in [[New Delhi]].<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://reports.chessdom.com/news-2010/parsvnath-commonwealth-chess-championship\|title=Parsvnath Commonwealth Chess Championship 2010\|date=2010-05-18\|website=reports.chessdom.com\|publisher=Chessdom\|access-date=2019-06-11}}</ref> He won the [[Commonwealth Chess Championship]] in 2012 at Chennai<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://www.chessdom.com/commonwealth-chess-championships-2012-tiviakov-champion-lalith-babu-awarded-commonwealth-title/\|title=Commonwealth Chess Championships 2012 – Tiviakov Champion, Lalith Babu awarded Commonwealth title {{!}} Chessdom\|language=en-US\|access-date=2019-06-11}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web \|url=http://www.aicf.in/news/december/Lalith-Babu-is-Commonwealth-Champion-Tiviakov-wins-Open-title.php \|title=Archived copy \|access-date=18 July 2015 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304101758/http://www.aicf.in/news/december/Lalith-Babu-is-Commonwealth-Champion-Tiviakov-wins-Open-title.php \|archive-date=4 March 2016 \|url-status=dead }}</ref> and won the Chennai Super Kings International Grandmaster tournament in 2013 on tiebreak over [[Lu Shanglei]].<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://www.chessdom.com/chennai-super-kings-open-lalith-babu-emerges-champion/\|title=Chennai Super Kings Open: Lalith Babu emerges Champion\|publisher=Chessdom\|date=2013-01-23\|access-date=2019-06-11}}</ref>

	In 2014, he played on the Indian national team in the [[41st Chess Olympiad]] in [[Tromsø]], Norway winning the team bronze medal.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-andhrapradesh/lalith-creates-history-at-chess-olympiad-in-norway/article6322914.ece\|title=Lalith creates history at Chess Olympiad in Norway\|access-date=16 Aug 2014}}</ref> He won the 55th [[Indian Chess Championship\|National Premier Chess Championship]] of India, held in [[Patna]] in November 2017, to become the Indian national chess champion.<ref>{{Cite news\|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/chess/lalith-babu-crowned-national-chess-champion/articleshow/61596148.cms\|title=Lalith Babu crowned national chess champion\|date=2017-11-10\|newspaper=The Times of India\|access-date=2019-06-11}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.fide.com/component/content/article/4-tournaments/10509-gm-lalith-babu-is-the-new-indian-champion.html\|title=GM Lalith Babu is the new Indian Champion\|website=FIDE\|date=2017-11-15\|access-date=2019-06-11}}</ref> He went on winning the National rapid 2018 championship and finished second in the National blitz.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.chessbase.in/news/Lalith_Babu_National_Rapid_Champion\|title=Lalith Babu is the National Rapid 2018 Champion\|last=Shah\|first=Sagar\|date=2018-05-05\|website=ChessBase India\|access-date=2019-06-11}}</ref> Lalith Babu he won the [[Shanghai Cooperation Organisation\|SCO]] Open, held from the 14 to the 22 October 2018 in the town of [[Xingtai]], [[Hebei]], China.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.chessbase.in/news/Lalith-Babu-wins-Shanghai-Cooperation-Cup-2018\|title=Lalith Babu shares some of his secrets from the win at Shanghai Cooperation Cup 2018 - ChessBase India\|website=www.chessbase.in\|access-date=2019-06-11}}</ref>		In 2014, he played on the Indian national team in the [[41st Chess Olympiad]] in [[Tromsø]], Norway winning the team bronze medal.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-andhrapradesh/lalith-creates-history-at-chess-olympiad-in-norway/article6322914.ece\|title=Lalith creates history at Chess Olympiad in Norway\|access-date=16 Aug 2014}}</ref> He won the 55th [[Indian Chess Championship\|National Premier Chess Championship]] of India, held in [[Patna]] in November 2017, to become the Indian national chess champion.<ref>{{Cite news\|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/chess/lalith-babu-crowned-national-chess-champion/articleshow/61596148.cms\|title=Lalith Babu crowned national chess champion\|date=2017-11-10\|newspaper=The Times of India\|access-date=2019-06-11}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.fide.com/component/content/article/4-tournaments/10509-gm-lalith-babu-is-the-new-indian-champion.html\|title=GM Lalith Babu is the new Indian Champion\|website=FIDE\|date=2017-11-15\|access-date=2019-06-11\|archive-date=22 November 2017\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171122205434/http://www.fide.com/component/content/article/4-tournaments/10509-gm-lalith-babu-is-the-new-indian-champion.html\|url-status=dead}}</ref> He went on winning the National rapid 2018 championship and finished second in the National blitz.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.chessbase.in/news/Lalith_Babu_National_Rapid_Champion\|title=Lalith Babu is the National Rapid 2018 Champion\|last=Shah\|first=Sagar\|date=2018-05-05\|website=ChessBase India\|access-date=2019-06-11}}</ref> Lalith Babu he won the [[Shanghai Cooperation Organisation\|SCO]] Open, held from the 14 to the 22 October 2018 in the town of [[Xingtai]], [[Hebei]], China.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.chessbase.in/news/Lalith-Babu-wins-Shanghai-Cooperation-Cup-2018\|title=Lalith Babu shares some of his secrets from the win at Shanghai Cooperation Cup 2018 - ChessBase India\|website=www.chessbase.in\|access-date=2019-06-11}}</ref>

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			* {{365Chess.com player\|Babu_MR_Lalith\|Babu MR Lalith}}
			* {{Chessgames.com player\|103208\|Babu M R Lalith}}

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'''Musunuri Rohit Lalith Babu''' (born 5 January 1993) is an Indian [[chess]] player. He was awarded the title of [[Grandmaster (chess)|Grandmaster]] by [[FIDE]] in 2012.

He was born in [[Vijayawada]],<ref name=fide>{{Cite web|url=https://ratings.fide.com/title_applications.phtml?details=1&id=5024595&title=GM&pb=32|title=Title Applications. 1st quarter Presidential Board 2012, 3-6 February, Al Ain, UAE|website=FIDE|access-date=2017-06-19}}</ref> [[Krishna District]], [[Andhra Pradesh]]. Lalith Babu took the silver medal at the Asian Junior Chess Championship in 2008 and as a result he was awarded the title of [[FIDE titles|International Master]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://zeenews.india.com/sports/others/after-gm-title-babu-aims-to-become-world-champion_735513.html|title=After GM title Babu aims to become world champion|date=2012-01-11|website=Zee News|language=en|access-date=2019-06-11}}</ref> He achieved the title of Grandmaster after scoring [[Norm (chess)|norm]]s at [[Balaguer]] in October 2008, [[Chennai]] Open in 2010 and [[Hastings International Chess Congress|Hastings Master]]s in 2012.<ref name=fide/>

He won the [[Leiden]] chess tournament in the Netherlands in 2009.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://theweekinchess.com/html/twic767.html#29|title=The Week in Chess 767|website=theweekinchess.com|access-date=2019-06-11}}</ref> The following year, Lalith Babu took the bronze medal at the Parsvnath Commonwealth Championship in [[New Delhi]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://reports.chessdom.com/news-2010/parsvnath-commonwealth-chess-championship|title=Parsvnath Commonwealth Chess Championship 2010|date=2010-05-18|website=reports.chessdom.com|publisher=Chessdom|access-date=2019-06-11}}</ref> He won the [[Commonwealth Chess Championship]] in 2012 at Chennai<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.chessdom.com/commonwealth-chess-championships-2012-tiviakov-champion-lalith-babu-awarded-commonwealth-title/|title=Commonwealth Chess Championships 2012 – Tiviakov Champion, Lalith Babu awarded Commonwealth title {{!}} Chessdom|language=en-US|access-date=2019-06-11}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.aicf.in/news/december/Lalith-Babu-is-Commonwealth-Champion-Tiviakov-wins-Open-title.php |title=Archived copy |access-date=18 July 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304101758/http://www.aicf.in/news/december/Lalith-Babu-is-Commonwealth-Champion-Tiviakov-wins-Open-title.php |archive-date=4 March 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and won the Chennai Super Kings International Grandmaster tournament in 2013 on tiebreak over [[Lu Shanglei]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.chessdom.com/chennai-super-kings-open-lalith-babu-emerges-champion/|title=Chennai Super Kings Open: Lalith Babu emerges Champion|publisher=Chessdom|date=2013-01-23|access-date=2019-06-11}}</ref>

In 2014, he played on the Indian national team in the [[41st Chess Olympiad]] in [[Tromsø]], Norway winning the team bronze medal.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-andhrapradesh/lalith-creates-history-at-chess-olympiad-in-norway/article6322914.ece|title=Lalith creates history at Chess Olympiad in Norway|access-date=16 Aug 2014}}</ref> He won the 55th [[Indian Chess Championship|National Premier Chess Championship]] of India, held in [[Patna]] in November 2017, to become the Indian national chess champion.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/chess/lalith-babu-crowned-national-chess-champion/articleshow/61596148.cms|title=Lalith Babu crowned national chess champion|date=2017-11-10|newspaper=The Times of India|access-date=2019-06-11}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.fide.com/component/content/article/4-tournaments/10509-gm-lalith-babu-is-the-new-indian-champion.html|title=GM Lalith Babu is the new Indian Champion|website=FIDE|date=2017-11-15|access-date=2019-06-11}}</ref> He went on winning the National rapid 2018 championship and finished second in the National blitz.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.chessbase.in/news/Lalith_Babu_National_Rapid_Champion|title=Lalith Babu is the National Rapid 2018 Champion|last=Shah|first=Sagar|date=2018-05-05|website=ChessBase India|access-date=2019-06-11}}</ref> Lalith Babu he won the [[Shanghai Cooperation Organisation|SCO]] Open, held from the 14 to the 22 October 2018 in the town of [[Xingtai]], [[Hebei]], China.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.chessbase.in/news/Lalith-Babu-wins-Shanghai-Cooperation-Cup-2018|title=Lalith Babu shares some of his secrets from the win at Shanghai Cooperation Cup 2018 - ChessBase India|website=www.chessbase.in|access-date=2019-06-11}}</ref>

== References ==
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==External links==
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