The list of Indian Chess Grandmasters held rising as P. Shyam Nikhil became the 85th Grandmaster of Indian Chess immediately after he reached his closing norm at the Dubai Police Masters 2024.
32-year-outdated Shyam took 12 decades to realize all his Grandmaster norms and shown huge grit and persistence in his journey. Shyam has crossed the 2500 Elo rating mark in 2012.
P. Shyam Nikhil gets to be 🇮🇳India’s 8⃣5⃣th GM
The 31 y/o from Tamil Nadu accomplished his closing norms at the Dubai Law enforcement Open in UAE.
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— The Bridge (@the_bridge_in) Could 12, 2024
Shyam became the first Grandmaster in 2024 as R Vaishali received her remaining GM norm in 2023 earning her India’s 84th Grandmaster.
Together with R Vaishali, a complete of 7 Indians reached the GM norm in 2023. Koustav Chatterjee, Pranesh M, Vignesh NR, Sayantan Das, Prraneeth Vuppala, and Aditya Samant have been the other Indian Grandmasters.
Indian chess has been on a continuous increase with the likes of D Gukesh, R Praggnanandhaa, R Vaishali, Vidit Gujrathi, Arjun Erigaisi, and Koneru Humpy main the demand at the international level.
Recently, D Gukesh gained the prestigious Candidates 2024 match and will be difficult Entire world Winner Ding Liren although R Vaishali and R Praggnanandhaa returned excellent benefits in the match.
Earlier in 2023, R Praggnanadhaa finished runner-up at the Chess Entire world Cup and gained worldwide praise for his general performance.