Raja Rithvik becomes a Grandmaster

The 17-year-old, a 12th standard student of Bhavan’s Sri Ramakrishna Vidyalaya here, crossed the mandatory ELO 2,500-mark to earn the title

Raja Rithvik of Telangana has become a Grandmaster after crossing the ELO 2,500 mark in the Vezerkepzo GM chess tournament in Budapest.

The 17-year-old, a 12th standard student of Bhavan’s Sri Ramakrishna Vidyalaya here, crossed the mandatory ELO 2,500-mark to earn a GM title. He achieved four rating points after the fourth round in the tournament when he defeated FIDE Master Finek Vaclav of Czechoslovakia.

Rithvik had earned the third and final norm in early September at the First Saturday round-robin GM tournament. He obtained his first norm in 2019 and the second in August.