Raahul V S

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Raahul V S
Personal information
Born (2003-02-09) February 9, 2003 (age 22)
Chennai, India
Chess career
Country India
Title Grandmaster (2025)
FIDE   rating 2442 (December 2025)
Peak rating 2478 (January 2022)

Raahul Vijayakumar S is an Indian chess grandmaster.

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Career

He started playing chess at the age of 6, and trained under Ramachandran Ramesh and Shyam Sundar M. [1]

In November 2025, he won the 6th ASEAN Individual Open Governor Henry S Oaminal Cup with a score of 7/9. He had won the championship with one round to spare and by a margin of 1.5 points over the runner-up, directly earning the Grandmaster title. [2] He became India's 91st Grandmaster. [3]

Personal life

He earned a master's degree in business administration at SRM University. [1]

References

  1. 1 2 Halder, Jyotirmoy (November 10, 2025). "Making of India's 91st GM Raahul VS: Battling financial troubles, 'negative emotions', before doing a Divya Deshmukh".
  2. ↑ Ahmed, Shahid (November 19, 2025). "Raahul V S clinches 6th ASEAN Individual Open 2025 and becomes the 91st Grandmaster of India".
  3. ↑ "Raahul VS becomes India's 91st Grandmaster with ASEAN Individual Championship triumph". November 8, 2025.
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