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Harikrishnan becomes India’s 87th Grandmaster
Hindustan Times Patna
|July 14, 2025
The first thing Grandmaster Shyam Sundar Mohanraj noticed about Harikrishnan A Ra was his calculation skills when he joined his academy, Chess Thulir in Chennai, as an early bird in 2022.
Harikrishnan, 24, on Friday earned his third GM-norm at the La Plagne International Chess Festival in France to become the country's 87th Grandmaster and bring joy to his coach Mohanraj, who has seen two players from his academy become GMs in a span of months.
‘The Chennai-based Harikrishnan earned his first GM norm some years back. He then gained his second one at Andujar Open in Spain. Srihari L R became the 86th GM and now Harikrishnan has also achieved the feat.
This story is from the July 14, 2025 edition of Hindustan Times Patna.
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