15-yr-old TN boy a new entrant to India’s GM club

As Chennai players D Gukesh and R Praggnanandhaa carry on with their heroics for India 2 in the 44th Chess Olympiad in Mamallapuram, a schoolmate of theirs - Pranav Venkatesh - quietly made his way into the elite club of grandmasters (GM). The 15-year-old from Velammal School became India's 75th GM after winning the Limpedia Open in Romania on Sunday.