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G. Akash
CountryIndia
Born1 October 1996
Chennai
TitleGrandmaster (2020)
FIDE rating2415 (June 2024) 2495
Peak rating2495

Akash Ganesan (born 1st October 1996 in Chennai) is an Indian Chess Grandmaster and Former National champion. He currently holds National record in chess for being Youngest National Senior Chess Champion at the age of 16 years and 14 days.

He represented India in World Cup 2013, In the first round he was eliminated by World Championship challenger Fabiano Caruana with 1.5 - 0.5 score favoring the Italian-American. In 2013, he won gold medal in Commonwealth Junior category held at South Africa. In 2014, Akash went on to pursue electronic and communication engineering degree at College of Engineering, Guindy, Anna University. He took a break from chess for those 4 years. In 2019 December, He completed his 3rd GM norm and Secured silver medal in National Senior championship held at Sikkim. In 2020 February, Akash won Prague International Chess Festival Open 2020 and got qualified for Prague International Chess Festival Challengers 2021. His Grandmaster title was confirmed at the 2nd Council Meet of FIDE for the year 2020 that was held on 3rd July, 2020.

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