- R Raja Rithvik has become India’s 70th and latest chess Grandmaster, achieving his third and final norm at a recent event in Hungary.
- After gaining the second norm in the Skalica Open, the Indian won the third norm in the First Saturday GM tournament to fulfil the GM title requirements.
- He touched the magical 2500 Elo mark in the fourth round of the tournament after beating Vaclav Finek. Pune’s Harshit Raja had become India’s 69th GM last month.