Anuj Shrivatri won the 7th ASEAN+ Individual Open Chess Championship in the Philippines on November 8, 2026, which awards the Grandmaster title directly, according to PTI, Chess.com and Khel Now.
The score is given as 7 of 9 by Chess.com and 7 of a possible 8 by The Bridge, and the age is 22 in most reports and 20 in one.
Chess.com’s count of the November FIDE list shows 97 Indian Grandmasters, with some titles awaiting confirmation, so the figure of 100 counts titles not all yet on that list.
Further FIDE confirmation should be checked.
Shrivatri came into the event with one Grandmaster norm, earned in Budapest last November, according to Chess.com.
Shrivatri is the first Grandmaster from Madhya Pradesh, according to Khel Now and other reports.
The Bridge, Chess.com and Khel Now give Shrivatri’s age as 22, while one other outlet gives it as 20, so the age differs by report.
Viswanathan Anand became India’s first Grandmaster in 1988, nearly four decades earlier, according to the reports.
Anand wrote on X that it was a cracker of a 100, according to Chess.com.
All India Chess Federation president Nitin Narang congratulated Shrivatri on becoming India’s 100th Grandmaster, according to the reports.
The Bridge says India’s last five Grandmasters, from the 96th to the 100th, were added between July 2026 and November 2026.
Chess.com’s count from the November FIDE list shows 97 Indian Grandmasters, with some titles still awaiting formal confirmation, so the number 100 counts titles that FIDE has not yet all listed.
Shrivatri learned chess at seven and was mostly self-taught, and became an International Master at 15, according to Chess.com’s account of earlier interviews.
Chess.com, citing the Indian Express, reports that Shrivatri worked as a software engineer for a German firm before leaving to play chess full time.
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