The 22-year-old won the ASEAN Plus Individual Open Chess Championship in the Philippines to secure the title.
Anuj Shrivatri became India's 100th Grandmaster after winning the seventh ASEAN Plus Individual Open Chess Championship in the Philippines on Sunday, November 8, according to Sportstar and Deccan Chronicle.
The 22-year-old scored seven points from the remaining eight rounds after losing his opening game. He finished half a point ahead of Vietnam's Nguyen Duc Hoa to earn the Grandmaster title directly.
Shrivatri is the first Grandmaster from Madhya Pradesh. His victory brings India's total count of Grandmasters to 100.
The milestone follows the achievement of the previous five Grandmasters, Ethan Vaz, Harshvardhan GB, S Ashwath, and V Rathnavel, who were awarded titles before him.
Viswanathan Anand was India's first Grandmaster, completing his final norm in 1987 and winning the title in 1988, as reported by Hindustan Times and Deccan Chronicle.
Shrivatri, who completed a B.Tech from Lovely Professional University in 2023, previously worked a work-from-home job with a German company before leaving in 2024 to focus on chess.
