Indian Grandmaster Pranav Venkatesh becomes World Junior Chess Champion 2025

By  News On Air   Mar 08, 2025

In chess, 18-year-old Indian Grandmaster Pranav Venkatesh dominated the FIDE World Junior Championship 2025 to claim the title in Montenegro last night. Pranav becomes the fourth Indian to win the World Junior title, following Viswanathan Anand, Pentala Harikrishna, and Abhijeet Gupta.

Meanwhile, Grandmaster Aravindh Chithambaram won the prestigious Prague Masters in the Czech Republic last night. In the final round, Aravindh held a solid draw against Turkey’s Ediz Gurel to clinch sole first place. He remained unbeaten throughout the nine-round event, finishing ahead of a strong field that included world No. 8 R Praggnanandhaa, Dutch GM Anish Giri, and Chinese GM Wei Yi. With this victory, Grandmaster Arvind broke into the world’s top 15.