Aditya Samant becomes India’s 83rd Grandmaster at Biel Master Tournament

Aditya is the third Indian to achieve their final GM norm at the Biel Chess tournament. In 2021, Harshit Raja had earned his 3rd GM-norm at the event while last year, Pranav Anand had done the same in Biel.

Aditya Samant who became India's 83rd Grandmaster. (PHOTO: Twitter/@BielFestival)

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Aditya Samant became India’s 83rd Grandmaster after earning his third GM norm at the Master Tournament (MTO) in the Biel International Chess Festival.

The Maharashtra player had earned his first norm to become a grandmaster at the Abu Dhabi Masters last year in August.

His second norm was achieved in December last year at the 3rd El Llobregat Open.

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According to Chessbase India, Aditya has already crossed 2500 in the live ratings. to achieve his third norm, he just needed to play his 9th round game against Aryan Chopra.

Exciting! Congratulations to Aditya Samant S!#BielChess seems to be a good place to crown Indian Grandmasters!
– 2021 it was @HarshitRaja1 who earnd his 3rd GM-norm in Biel
– 2022 it was @GMPranavAnand who earnd his 3rd GM-norm in Biel
– and 2023 now Aditya Samant S! pic.twitter.com/aEDq3Z7twg

— Biel Chess Festival (@BielFestival) July 26, 2023

Aditya is the third Indian to achieve their final GM norm at the Biel Chess tournament. In 2021, Harshit Raja had earned his 3rd GM-norm in Biel while last year, Pranav Anand had done the same in Biel.

While congratulating Aditya, Viswanathan Anand, India’s first Grandmaster tweeted: “I was just seeing his games only last week and thinking of his potential and already this week he becomes a GM.”

A huge congratulations to Aditya Samant on becoming India’s 83 rd GM. I was just seeing his games only last week and thinking of his potential and already this week he becomes a GM https://t.co/OVsrOL7Pf4

— Viswanathan Anand (@vishy64theking) July 27, 2023