Visakh N. R. | |
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Country | India |
Born | Nagercoil, India | April 24, 1999
Title | Grandmaster (2019) [1] |
FIDE rating | 2517 (July 2024) |
Peak rating | 2566 (September 2022) |
Visakh Narayanan Rajeshwari is an Indian chess grandmaster.
In August 2023, Visakh won the Leça Blitz Open 2023 ahead of his brother Vignesh and Harshit Raja after drawing the former and defeating the latter in tiebreaks. [2]
In December 2023, Visakh won the 5th Roma Citta Aperta Masters section ahead of Krishna C. R. G. and Tigran Harutyunyan. [3]
His older brother is Vignesh N. R., who is also a Grandmaster. The two became the first brothers and siblings from India to become grandmasters when Vignesh achieved the title in January 2023. [4]
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