India gets its 100th chess Grandmaster on Diwali, creates history

India got its historic 100th chess Grandmaster on Diwali as Madhya Pradesh's Anuj Shrivatri clinched the title by winning 7th ASEAN Plus Individual Open Chess Championship in the Philippines. Shrivatri also became Madhya Pradesh's first Grandmaster. Despite losing his opening game, he bounced back to score seven points in the next eight rounds and win the tournament on Sunday.