Srinath Narayanan is all set to become India’s 46th Grandmaster after he defeated Spanish Grandmaster David Anton Guijarro (Elo rating of 2676) at the Sharjah Masters.
Srinath Narayanan, the 23-year-old from Chennai, came into limelight when he became India’s youngest FIDE rated chess player in 2002 when he was just eight years old.
Three years later, Srinath Narayanan became joint-winner at the under-12 world chess championship held in Belfort, France.
Srinath became an International Master at the age of 14 and crossed the 2500 Elo rating a few months back. He had already secured five GM norms.
He won his first GM norm in 2012 by winning the Asian Junior Chess Championship, which he won again the next year.
