Sankalp Gupta becomes India's 71st GM, maestro Anand congratulates
The Hindu
To achieve the GM title, a player has to secure three GM norms and cross the live rating of 2,500 Elo points
Sankalp Gupta has become India's 71st Grandmaster by scoring 6.5 points and finishing second in the GM Ask 3 round-robin event in Arandjelovac, Serbia.
Gupta secured the three required GM norms in just 24 days by playing three tournaments on the trot. In all the three events, his rating performances were at 2599 and above.
The Maharashtra player also touched the 2500 Elo rating mark during the tournament.
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