Mayank Chakraborty became the 94th Indian to earn the Grandmaster title on Friday. The 16-year-old is the first from the Assam to achieve the feat.
Chakraborty earned his final GM norm in a tournament in Sweden, Stockholm. He won the tournament with 7 points in 9 rounds, and was a whole point clear of the second placed Jonah Willow of England.
The title win propelled Chakraborty’s LIVE rating to a career high 2508.
Chakraborty is the third Indian to earn the Grandmaster title this year. Just under a fortnight ago, Mumbai’s 17-year-old Aarav Dengla had achieved the feat.
Earlier in January, Aaryan Varshney had become India’s 91st Grandmaster.
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