Pranav Anand
{{Short description|Indian chess grandmaster (born 2006)}}
{{Distinguish|Pranav V}}
{{Indian name|Pranav|Anand}}
{{Infobox chess player
| country = India
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|2006|11|3}}
| birth_place = Tiruchirappalli, India
| title = Grandmaster (2022){{cite web|url=https://ratings.fide.com/crt/main229582.pdf|title=FIDE Title Application (GM)}}
| peakrating = 2576 (June 2025)
| FideID = 46626786
}}
Pranav Anand is an Indian chess grandmaster.
Career
In September 2022, Pranav won the U16 section of the World Youth Chess Championship.
Pranav Anand emerges world U-16 champ, becomes GM
|first=Biju|last=Cyriac|date=September 17, 2022}} He also crossed the 2500 rating mark during the event, securing the Grandmaster title.{{cite web|url=https://currentaffairs.adda247.com/15-year-old-pranav-anand-becomes-indias-76th-chess-grandmaster/|title=15 year old Pranav Anand becomes India's 76th Chess Grandmaster|first=Sumit|last=Arora|date=September 17, 2022}}
In July 2023, Pranav won the Rapid portion of the Biel Chess Festival with an undefeated score of 8/9 ahead of Shawn Rodrigue-Lemieux and Marco Materia, who both scored 7.5/9.{{cite web|url=https://www.chessbase.in/news/56th-Biel-International-Chess-Festival-2023-Day-2-report|title=Pranav Anand dominates 56th Biel Chess Festival Rapid Open 2023|first=Shahid|last=Ahmed|date=July 17, 2023}}
In September 2023, Pranav was leading the World Junior Chess Championship after defeating Kirk Ghazarian in the 6th round.{{cite web|url=https://www.chessbase.in/news/World-Junior-2023-Round-6-report|title=World Junior 2023 R6: Dushyant and Pranav Anand in a six-pack lead|first=Shahid|last=Ahmed|date=September 27, 2023}}
References
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{{Indian grandmasters}}
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