Sports · 18 March 2026
Mayank Chakraborty becomes India’s 94th Chess Grandmaster
Exam-focused facts from the 18 March 2026 current affairs briefing.
Key facts
- Mayank Chakraborty secured his final GM norm by defeating Philip Lindgren in the eighth round of the Hotel Stockholm North by First Hotels Young Talents tournament in Sweden.
- He won the tournament with a score of 7.0/9 and a rating performance of 2670, finishing one point ahead of the field.
- The 16-year-old from Assam became the first player from the NorthEast region to achieve Grandmaster status.
- His live rating rose to 2508 after the event.
- England’s Jonah Willow B and Norway’s Aksel Bu Kvaloy finished second and third respectively.