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Making of India’s 90th GM Ilamparthi AR: Travelling alone at 16, MS Dhoni-esque hands, ailing brother at home | Chess News

Ilamparthi AR became India’s 90th Grandmaster at the age of 16. NEW DELHI: The year was 2022. The Tamil Nadu Chess Association had organised a camp in Pollachi for the state’s strongest junior players, those who had qualified for the junior nationals. Ilamparthi, then only 13, wasn’t one of them. Yet, clutching his grandfather’s hand,…

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Chess boom continues! 16-year-old Ilamparthi AR becomes India’s 90th Grandmaster | Chess News

Tamil Nadu continues to be the cradle of Indian chess as 16-year-old Ilamparthi AR from Chennai became India’s 90th Grandmaster on Thursday, after securing his final GM norm at the Bijeljina Open in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Born in 2009, Ilamparthi had earlier achieved his first GM norm at the Ha Noi tournament in Vietnam (December…

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