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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Indian chess grandmaster (born 1998)}}<br />
{{Indian patronymic|Vignesh|Narayanan Rajeshwari}}<br />
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2025}}<br />
{{Use Indian English|date=August 2025}}<br />
{{Infobox chess player<br />
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| country = [[India]]<br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1998|1|24}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Thiruvananthapuram]], [[India]]<br />
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| title = [[Grandmaster (chess)|Grandmaster]] (2023)<ref name="FIDE">{{cite web|url=https://ratings.fide.com/crt/main224568.pdf|title=FIDE Title Application (GM)}}</ref><br />
| peakrating = 2542 (June 2024)<br />
| FideID = 25012215<br />
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'''Vignesh Narayanan Rajeshwari''' is an Indian [[chess]] grandmaster.<br />
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==Career==<br />
Vignesh earned his first GM norm at the 2015 [[Qatar Masters Open]] by defeating [[Mateusz Bartel]] and [[Wei Yi]], and drawing with [[Nguyễn Ngọc Trường Sơn]], [[Sam Shankland]], [[Vladimir Fedoseev]], [[Hou Yifan]], and [[Francesco Rambaldi]].<ref name="GM">{{cite web|url=https://www.chessbase.in/news/Vignesh-N-R-becomes-India-s-80th-and-first-Grandmaster-brothers-with-Visakh#:~:text=IM%20Vignesh%20N%20R%20became%20India's,59th%20Grandmaster%20back%20in%202019.|title=Vignesh N R becomes India's 80th and first Grandmaster brothers with Visakh|date=21 February 2023|first=Shahid|last=Ahmed}}</ref><br />
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Vignesh earned his second GM norm at the 24th Abu Dhabi Masters 2017, where he won against [[Karthikeyan Murali]] and [[Bogdan-Daniel Deac]], and drew with [[Mircea-Emilian Parligras]], [[Parham Maghsoodloo]], [[Tsegmed Batchuluun]], and [[Constantin Lupulescu]].<ref name="GM"/><br />
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Vignesh earned his final GM norm at the 1st Gujarat GM Open 2018, where he finished in second place with a score of 8/10. He won against [[Farrukh Amonatov]] and [[Vitaly Sivuk]], and drew with [[Vadim Malakhatko]] and [[Vitaliy Bernadskiy]].<ref name="GM"/><br />
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In January 2023, Vignesh became a GM when his live rating surpassed 2500 by defeating Ilja Schneider in the final round of the 24th NordWest Cup, also winning the tournament.<ref name="GM"/> With this, Vignesh and his brother [[Visakh N. R.]] became the first pair of Indian siblings and brothers to become grandmasters.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/sports/chess/chess-vignesh-and-visakh-nr-become-indias-first-brothers-and-siblings-to-become-grandmasters-8456213/|title=Chess: Vignesh and Visakh NR become India's first brothers to become Grandmasters|date=20 February 2023|newspaper=The Indian Express|accessdate=5 August 2025}}</ref><br />
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In August 2023, Vignesh won the 11th Pontevedra Masters, where he was undefeated during the tournament and finished half a point ahead of second place.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.chessbase.in/news/Vignesh-N-R-wins-11th-Pontevedra-Masters-Open-2023-Sarayu-Velpula-scores-IM-WGM-and-WIM-norm-finishes-second|title=Vignesh N R wins 11th Pontevedra Masters 2023, Sarayu Velpula scores IM, WGM and WIM-norm, finishes second|date=24 August 2023|first=Shahid|last=Ahmed}}</ref><br />
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==Personal life==<br />
His younger brother is Visakh N. R., who is also a Grandmaster. Vignesh is employed at Southern Railway.<ref name="GM"/><br />
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==References==<br />
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{{Indian grandmasters}}<br />
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[[Category:1998 births]]<br />
[[Category:Living people]]<br />
[[Category:Chess Grandmasters]]<br />
[[Category:Sportspeople from Thiruvananthapuram]]<br />
[[Category:21st-century Indian chess players]]</div>WillisHeiman326