Vaibhav Suri, grandmaster at fifteen

Vaibhav Suri, grandmaster at fifteen

The Asian Age and Deccan Chronical report that Vaibhav Suri, a 10th standard student of Modern School in New Delhi, joined the grandmaster club in the country by winning the 3rd Luc Open at salle Debeyre in Lille, France, on Sunday. His final norm came when he defeated defeated higher-rated GMs Maxim Turov, Oleg Korneev, Sebastien Maze and Marius Manolache and scored 7.5 points out of the total nine. The most important win was against Turov (2658) with the black pieces. His first two norms had come from international open tournaments held at Bhubaneswar and Visakhapatnam in 2010 and 2011 respectively.

Suri is now India’s 27th GM and fourth from Delhi after Sriram Jha, Abhijeet Gupta and Parimarjan Negi. “He is currently the youngest GM in India,” said Fide vice president D.V. Sundar. “It is wonderful news for our country. His progress has been rapid and consistent.

Modern School, the "Eton of India," is a co-educational private school in New Delhi.
It has a long list of distinguished pupils, including former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.

Having started playing the game as family pastime, Vaibhav inspired by his elder sister Nupur took it up seriously at the age of nine. “The kids used to play at home and the chess sessions were important part of our family get togethers,” said his father Nitin Suri, who is a general manager in a garment export company. Now at a crossroads in life, Vaibhav’s father said, he would leave the decision making to his son, who is an ardent admirer of Viswanathan Anand. “We have told him the positives and negatives in pursuing chess. Having entered class 10, he might be required to spend more time on studies. But then if he wants to concentrate mainly on chess, then it will be his call and we will not push him,” he added.

While G. B. Joshi and Prasenjit Dutta were Vaibhav’s coaches at the early stages, he is currently learning from Ukrainian GM Alexander Goloschapov.

Ratings information: FIDE

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