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Visakh N. R.
CountryIndia
Born (1999-04-24) 24 April 1999 (age 27)
Nagercoil, India
TitleGrandmaster (2019)[1]
FIDE rating2520 (September 2026)
Peak rating2566 (September 2022)

Visakh Narayanan Rajeshwari is an Indian chess grandmaster.

Chess career[edit | edit source]

In August 2023, Visakh won the Leça Blitz Open 2023 ahead of his brother Vignesh and Harshit Raja after drawing the former and defeating the latter in tiebreaks.[2]

In December 2023, Visakh won the 5th Roma Citta Aperta Masters section ahead of Krishna C. R. G. and Tigran Harutyunyan.[3]

Personal life[edit | edit source]

His older brother is Vignesh N. R., who is also a Grandmaster. The two became the first brothers and siblings from India to become grandmasters when Vignesh achieved the title in January 2023.[4]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ "FIDE Title Application (GM)" (PDF).
  2. ↑ Ahmed, Shahid (31 August 2023). "Visakh triumphs at Leça Blitz Open 2023, Vignesh second and Harshit Raja third".
  3. ↑ Ahmed, Shahid (21 December 2023). "Visakh N R wins 5th Roma Citta Aperta Master 2023, C R G Krishna second".
  4. ↑ "Chess: Vignesh and Visakh NR become India's first brothers to become Grandmasters". The Indian Express. 20 February 2023. Retrieved 20 July 2025.

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