Minister KTR praises Telangana's First Grand Master

     Written by : SMTV24x7 | Thu, Aug 16, 2018, 07:37 PM

Minister KTR praises Telanganas First Grand Master

Hyderabad, Aug 16: It's a pride moment for India as two players from India have won the Grand Masters titles in a days difference. E. Arjun of Telangana and Nihal of Kerala have become the 54th and 53rd Grandmasters respectively from India.

Arjun who hails from Telangana began the year 2018 without a single IM norm, achieved his first at IIFLW Mumbai, the second at the Aeroflot Open and the third one at the HD Bank Championship in Vietnam this March.

Then, the 14-year-old Arjun got his first GM norm in the Kolkata Grandmasters International tournament in May (also crossing 2500 in the tourney) and his second in a closed round-robin event in Serbia; the third and final one came with a win in the last round of the Abu Dhabi Masters 2018.

Significantly, Arjun, who is a native of Warangal and coached by Victor Mikhalevski, also crossed the ELO 2500 mark in the course of getting three GM norms which is mandatory to get the coveted title.

Telangana IT Minister praised Arjun and tweeted that," Heartiest Congratulations to 14 year old Arjun Erigasi of Warangal on becoming Grand Master. Hopefully we will see you conquering the world soon champ. Good luck and whatever support you need, we are here to help".