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Pranav Anand
CountryIndia
Born (2006-11-03) 3 November 2006 (age 19)
Tiruchirappalli, India
TitleGrandmaster (2022)[1]
FIDE ratingTemplate:Elo rating Template:Elo rating
Peak rating2606 (January 2026)

Pranav Anand is an Indian chess grandmaster.

Career[edit | edit source]

In September 2022, Pranav won the U16 section of the World Youth Chess Championship. [2] He also crossed the 2500 rating mark during the event, securing the Grandmaster title.[3]

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.[4]

In September 2023, Pranav was leading the World Junior Chess Championship after defeating Kirk Ghazarian in the 6th round.[5]

In July 2025, Pranav finished at second place in the Biel Masters Open with 7½/10.[6]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ "FIDE Title Application (GM)" (PDF).
  2. ↑ Cyriac, Biju (17 September 2022). "Pranav Anand emerges world U-16 champ, becomes GM". The Times of India. Retrieved 5 August 2025.
  3. ↑ Arora, Sumit (17 September 2022). "15 year old Pranav Anand becomes India's 76th Chess Grandmaster".
  4. ↑ Ahmed, Shahid (17 July 2023). "Pranav Anand dominates 56th Biel Chess Festival Rapid Open 2023".
  5. ↑ Ahmed, Shahid (27 September 2023). "World Junior 2023 R6: Dushyant and Pranav Anand in a six-pack lead".
  6. ↑ "Karthikeyan Murali convincingly clinches 58th Biel Chess Festival MTO, Pranav Anand second". chessbase.in.