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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Indian chess grandmaster (born 1996)}}<br />
{{Indian patronymic|Akash|Ganesan}}<br />
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| name = G. Akash<br />
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| birth_name = Akash Ganesan<br />
| country = India<br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1996|10|01|df=y}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Chennai]], India<br />
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| title = [[Grandmaster (chess)|Grandmaster]] (2020)<br />
| peakrating = 2495 (April 2020)<br />
| FideID = 5040299<br />
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'''Akash Ganesan''' (born 1 October 1996) is an Indian chess [[Grandmaster (chess)|grandmaster]] and former [[Indian Chess Championship|national champion]]. He currently holds national record in chess for being Youngest National Chess Champion at the age of 16 years and 14 days.<br />
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He represented India in [[Chess World Cup 2013|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 Chess Championship|Commonwealth Junior]] category held at South Africa. In 2014, Akash went on to pursue [[Electronic engineering|electronic and communication engineering]] degree at [[College of Engineering, Guindy|College of Engineering, Guindy, Anna University]]. He took a break from chess for those 4 years. In 2019 December, He completed his 3rd [[Norm (chess)|GM norm]] and Secured silver medal in National Senior championship held at Sikkim. In 2020 February, Akash won [https://praguechessfestival.com/ 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 3 July 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|title=भारत के 66वें शतरंज ग्रैंडमास्टर बने तमिलनाडु के जी आकाश|url=https://www.livehindustan.com/sports/story-chennai-g-akash-becomes-indias-66th-chess-grandmaster-3330205.html|access-date=2020-08-19|website=Hindustan|language=hindi}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|agency=Press Trust of India|date=2020-07-05|title=Akash becomes India's 66th chess GM; Ameya gets International Master title|work=Business Standard India|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/sports/akash-becomes-india-s-66th-chess-gm-ameya-gets-international-master-title-120070500881_1.html?1593965779|access-date=2020-08-19}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Keerthivasan|first=K.|date=2020-07-05|title=Akash becomes India's 66th Grandmaster|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/sport/other-sports/akash-becomes-indias-66th-grandmaster/article31996677.ece|access-date=2020-08-19|issn=0971-751X}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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== External links ==<br />
*{{Fide|name=Akash G}}<br />
*{{365Chess.com player|Akash_G}}<br />
*{{chessgames player|141946|Akash G}}<br />
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[[Category:1996 births]]<br />
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[[Category:Chess Grandmasters]]<br />
[[Category:Sportspeople from Chennai]]<br />
[[Category:College of Engineering, Guindy alumni]]<br />
[[Category:21st-century Indian chess players]]</div>Siddhant Babu