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Which Indian GM overtook GM Anand for a day by garnering 0.3 ELO more points than the latter on 15th March 2016? The very next day, GM Anand was back as India no. 1.
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In the list of Top 20 chess players among juniors (aged 20 and below), there are currently eight Indians, a pack led by D Gukesh, who is ranked No 2 among world juniors. The seventh Indian in the list is not even a Grandmaster as yet, as a Candidate Master, the player gained 151 (!) ELO points in the last tournament, and a whopping 600 points in the last two months. Name him.
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Currently, five Indian players (Gukesh, Anand, Vidit Gujrathi, R Praggnanandhaa and Arjun Erigaisi) have ELO ratings above the 2700 (the Super GM) mark. Name the two other Indians who also managed to cross the 2700 mark in their careers.
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Name the young chess GM (of Indian origin) who holds the record of becoming a GM at the youngest age, beating the previous mark set by Russian GM Sergei Karjakin. Which country does he represent?
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Before Gukesh and Praggnanandhaa held the mark for being the youngest to become GMs in India, the record was held up by a New Delhi-born chess prodigy who later achieved a peak rating of 2671, before retiring from chess and becoming a computer science researcher. Name him.
