Prraneeth Vuppala

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Prraneeth Vuppala
Country India
Born (2007-01-02) 2 January 2007 (age 17)
Alagadapa, Nalgonda district, Telangana, India
Title Grandmaster (2023)
FIDE   rating 2506 (March 2024)
Peak rating 2515 (December 2023)

Prraneeth Vuppala (born 2 January 2007) is an Indian chess player. [1] [2] [3]

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Early life and background

He was born in the Alagadapa village in Nalgonda district of Telangana. [3] He studied at the David Memorial High School. [4]

Career

In 2018, he achieved the world no. 1 ranking in the under-11 category. [4] [5]

In March 2022, he earned the International Master title by drawing the game with V. S. Rathanvel at the First Saturday tournament in Budapest. [6] He also earned his first grandmaster norm at the same event. [7]

In 2023, he achieved his final grandmaster norm, and became the 82nd grandmaster from India. [8] [9]

He used to train under Rama Raju between 2015 and 2021. [5] Now he is coached by Israeli grandmaster Victor Mikhalevski. [10]

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References

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