Akash Ganesan (born 1 October 1996) is an Indian chess
grandmaster and former
national champion. He currently holds national record in chess for being Youngest National Chess Champion at the age of 16 years and 14 days.
He represented India in
World Cup 2013, In the first round he was eliminated by World Championship challenger
Fabiano Caruana
Fabiano Luigi Caruana (born July 30, 1992) is an Italian and American chess grandmaster who is the reigning four-time United States Chess Champion. With a peak rating of 2844, Caruana is the third-highest-rated player in history.
Born in Mia ...
with 1.5 - 0.5 score favoring the Italian-American. In 2013, he won gold medal in
Commonwealth Junior category held at South Africa. In 2014, Akash went on to pursue
electronic and communication engineering degree at
College of Engineering, Guindy, Anna University. He took a break from chess for those 4 years. In 2019 December, He completed his 3rd
GM norm and Secured silver medal in National Senior championship held at Sikkim. In 2020 February, Akash wo
Prague International Chess Festival Open 2020and got qualified for Prague International Chess Festival Challengers 2021. His Grandmaster title was confirmed at the 2nd Council Meet of
FIDE
The International Chess Federation or World Chess Federation, commonly referred to by its French acronym FIDE ( , ), is an international organization based in Switzerland that connects the various national chess federations and acts as the Spor ...
for the year 2020 that was held on 3 July 2020.
References
External links
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G.Akashchess games at 365Chess.com
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1996 births
Living people
Indian chess players
Chess Grandmasters
Sportspeople from Chennai
College of Engineering, Guindy alumni