Babu M.R. Lalith
M.R.Lalith Babu or Musunuri Lalith Babu (born 1993 in Vijayawada, Krishna District, Andhra Pradesh, India)[1] is an Indian chess player. He achieved final Grand Master norm at Hastings London 2012, thus he was coveted with Grand Master Title.
He competed in 41st Chess Olympiad Tromso, Norway 2014 in which Indian Team won First ever historic bronze medal in the open event at thus he entered into LIMCA book of records. He won LEIDEN Championship in Netherlands 2009, Commonwealth BRONZE MEDAL in New Delhi 2010. He won Barcelona Championship 2012. He won Gold Medal at COMMONWEALTH CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP 2012 at Chennai. He won CHENNAI SUPER KINGS INTERNATIONAL CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP 2013.
As of August 2014 he had a FIDE Elo rating of 2565 and was ranked 394th in the world.[2]
References
- ↑ "Lalith creates history at Chess Olympiad in Norway". Retrieved 16 Aug 2014.
- ↑ "Babu M.R. Lalith". Ratings.fide.com. Retrieved 17 August 2014.
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