So I feel relieved to have won.”In fact, a couple of weeks before this game, Anand in an interview had named Sadhwani as one among the country’s incredibly talented youngsters. Almost one year later, the Nagpur-lad lived up to Anand’s words of praise and played way over his rating to complete the formalities of becoming India’s 65th Grandmaster. Returning to the same venue for the now-rechristened FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss, Sadhwani gained his third and final Grandmaster norm in style. So far, Sadhwani has gained 28 rating points, that takes him past the stipulated rating of 2500 needed to become a GM. Sadhwani’s first GM norm came in the 2019 Aeroflot Open and the second in the 2019 Porticcio Open.

Source: The Hindu October 20, 2019 12:56 UTC