Raja Rithvik turns into India’s seventieth GM, maestro Anand congratulates him

R Raja Rithvik has turn out to be India’s seventieth and newest chess Grandmaster, reaching his third and ultimate norm at a current occasion in Hungary.
Former world champion and Indian chess legend Viswanathan Anand praised the 17-year outdated Warangal native for coming into the GM membership.
“Congrats to Raja Ritvik for becoming India’s 70th Grand Master! A very proud moment to see our numbers rise,” Anand, the nation’s first ever GM, stated in a tweet on Monday.
The All India Chess Federation congratulated Raja Rithvik for changing into a Grandmaster.
Rithvik, who earned his first GM norm in 2019, achieved his second and third norms in lower than a month.
After gaining the second norm within the Skalica Open, the Indian gained the third norm within the First Saturday GM event to fulfil the GM title necessities.
He touched the magical 2500 Elo mark within the fourth spherical of the event after beating Vaclav Finek.
Pune’s Harshit Raja had turn out to be India’s 69th GM final month.