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#4 Sethuraman S P
Yet another talent from Chennai, Sethuraman, in 2010 was then the youngest grandmaster in India.
Ranked 5th (National) and 136th (Overall), Sethuraman has qualified for the 2015 Chess World Cup in Azerbaijan, after becoming the National Champion in 2014. He was also a part of bronze medal winning Indian team at the 41st Chess Olympiad in Tromso.
Sethuraman, who considers Bobby Fischer as his idol, had his biggest breakthrough by winning the World Youth Chess Championship at Anatalya, in Turkey (2009).
He finished in second place at the International Chess Championship held in Chennai (2013), along with Ukraine’s Neverov Valeriy.
The Grandmaster considers himself an aggressive player and feels that his dynamic playing style as his major strength.
With a FIDE rating of 2632, he is quite close to the elusive 2700+ club and would be setting his sights high on the world cup, which starts at September.
