Telangana’s Vuppala Prraneeth achieves second GM norm

Hyderabad: Telangana chess player Vuppala Prraneeth achieved his second GM norm after an impressive performance at the ongoing tournament Biel International Chess Festival, in Switzerland. The 15-year-old Telangana lad finished with six points from nine rounds and accumulated 21 Elo rating points to take his rating to 2457. He recorded a stunning victory over Russian […]

Hyderabad: Telangana chess player Vuppala Prraneeth achieved his second GM norm after an impressive performance at the ongoing tournament Biel International Chess Festival, in Switzerland.

The 15-year-old Telangana lad finished with six points from nine rounds and accumulated 21 Elo rating points to take his rating to 2457. He recorded a stunning victory over Russian Super Grandmaster Alekseenko Kirill and drew with China’s Yu Yangui. He also recorded two more draws against grandmasters.

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Prraneeth achieved his first GM norm in March during a tournament in Hungary, Budapest where he also got his third IM norm.