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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Indian chess grandmaster (born 1989)}}<br />
{{Indian patronymic|Vishnu Prasanna|Vasanthan Perumal}}<br />
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{{Infobox chess player<br />
| country = [[India]]<br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1989|8|12}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Chennai]], India<br />
| title = [[Grandmaster (chess)|Grandmaster]] (2013)<ref name="FIDEGM">{{cite web|url=https://ratings.fide.com/crt/main222436.pdf|title=FIDE Title Application (GM)}}</ref><br />
| peakrating = 2543 (September 2017)<br />
| FideID = 5030692<br />
}}<br />
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'''Vishnu Prasanna Vasanthan Perumal''' is an Indian [[chess]] grandmaster and coach.<br />
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==Chess career==<br />
Vishnu began playing chess at the age of 12 after being introduced to the game by his mother.<ref name="chessmood">{{cite web|url=https://chessmood.com/blog/vishnu-prasanna-coach-of-gukesh|title=Deep Thoughts on Chess Improvement by Gukesh's coach GM Vishnu Prasanna}}</ref><br />
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He won the 2013 Chennai Blitz Championship, remaining undefeated throughout the tournament and defeating grandmasters [[J. Deepan Chakkravarthy]], [[Adhiban Baskaran]], and [[Shyam Sundar M.]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.chessdom.com/vishnu-prasanna-emerges-chennai-blitz-champion/|title=Vishnu Prasanna emerges Chennai Blitz champion|date=26 September 2013}}</ref><br />
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==Coaching==<br />
In 2013, Vishnu turned to coaching shortly after earning the Grandmaster title. He is best known for having coached future World Champion [[Gukesh D]], whom he first met in July 2017.<ref name="chessmood"/><br />
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In November 2022, Vishnu and his wife launched a chess club in the [[Anna Nagar]] neighborhood of Chennai. The club was inaugurated by [[Viswanathan Anand]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.chessbase.in/news/Vishnu-Prasannas-Chess-Club|title=Vishy Anand inaugurates GM Vishnu's Chess Club in Anna Nagar|first=Sagar|last=Shah|date=10 February 2023}}</ref> In March 2024, Vishnu started coaching [[Nihal Sarin]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://madrasschoolofchess.com/from-gukesh-to-nihal-sarin-the-coach-behind-indias-chess-prodigies/|title=Nihal Sarin Makes Bold Move, Trains with Gukesh's Former Mentor: GM Vishnu Prasanna|date=11 August 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/sports/chess/nihal-sarin-vishnu-prasanna-classical-game-chennai-grand-masters-10179928/|title=Chennai Grand Masters: Nihal Sarin turns to Vishnu Prasanna to improve his classical game|date=9 August 2025}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
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