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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Indian chess grandmaster (born 2006)}}<br />
{{Distinguish|Pranav V}}<br />
{{Indian patronymic|Pranav|Anand}}<br />
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2025}}<br />
{{Use Indian English|date=August 2025}}<br />
{{Infobox chess player<br />
| country = [[India]]<br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|2006|11|3}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Tiruchirappalli]], India<br />
| title = [[Grandmaster (chess)|Grandmaster]] (2022)<ref name="FIDEGM">{{cite web|url=https://ratings.fide.com/crt/main229582.pdf|title=FIDE Title Application (GM)}}</ref><br />
| peakrating = 2606 (January 2026)<br />
| FideID = 46626786<br />
}}<br />
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'''Pranav Anand''' is an Indian [[chess]] grandmaster.<br />
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==Career==<br />
In September 2022, Pranav won the U16 section of the [[World Youth Chess Championship]].<br />
<ref>{{cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/chess/pranav-anand-emerges-world-u-16-champ-becomes-gm/articleshow/94259654.cms|title=Pranav Anand emerges world U-16 champ, becomes GM |first=Biju|last=Cyriac|date=17 September 2022|newspaper=The Times of India|accessdate=5 August 2025}}</ref> He also crossed the 2500 rating mark during the event, securing the Grandmaster title.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://currentaffairs.adda247.com/15-year-old-pranav-anand-becomes-indias-76th-chess-grandmaster/|title=15 year old Pranav Anand becomes India's 76th Chess Grandmaster|first=Sumit|last=Arora|date=17 September 2022}}</ref><br />
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In July 2023, Pranav won the Rapid portion of the [[Biel Chess Festival]] with an undefeated score of 8/9 ahead of [[Shawn Rodrigue-Lemieux]] and Marco Materia, who both scored 7.5/9.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.chessbase.in/news/56th-Biel-International-Chess-Festival-2023-Day-2-report|title=Pranav Anand dominates 56th Biel Chess Festival Rapid Open 2023|first=Shahid|last=Ahmed|date=17 July 2023}}</ref><br />
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In September 2023, Pranav was leading the [[World Junior Chess Championship]] after defeating [[Kirk Ghazarian]] in the 6th round.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.chessbase.in/news/World-Junior-2023-Round-6-report|title=World Junior 2023 R6: Dushyant and Pranav Anand in a six-pack lead|first=Shahid|last=Ahmed|date=27 September 2023}}</ref><br />
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In July 2025, Pranav finished at second place in the [[Biel Chess Festival#2025|Biel Masters Open]] with 7½/10.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Karthikeyan Murali convincingly clinches 58th Biel Chess Festival MTO, Pranav Anand second|url=https://www.chessbase.in/news/Karthikeyan-Murali-convincingly-clinches-58th-Biel-Chess-Festival-MTO-Pranav-Anand-second|work=chessbase.in}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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{{Indian grandmasters}}<br />
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[[Category:Living people]]<br />
[[Category:2006 births]]<br />
[[Category:Chess Grandmasters]]<br />
[[Category:Sportspeople from Tiruchirappalli]]<br />
[[Category:World Youth Chess Champions]]<br />
[[Category:21st-century Indian chess players]]</div>Vishal Meena Phagi