Singapore has a new chess Grandmaster in Indian-origin teenager Siddharth Jagadeesh. The 17-year-old became the 5th Grandmaster of Singapore following a win at the Sharjah Masters 2024 tournament. He scored his final GM norm in the 8th round of the Sharjah Masters 2024 by beating Andrey Esipenko. Earlier in the year he had crossed 2500 Elo.