Pranav Venkatesh

World rank: No. 42 (October 2026)
Rating: 2677
Peak rating: 2677 (September 2026)
Title: Grandmaster (2022)
Federation: India
Born: October 13, 2006, Bengaluru, India (age 20)
FIDE ID: 25060783

The 2025 World Junior Champion. Pranav won the title in Montenegro with 9/11, becoming only the fourth Indian to do so, after Viswanathan Anand, Pentala Harikrishna and Abhijeet Gupta.

The Bengaluru grandmaster, born in 2006, earned the title in 2022. In December 2024 he won both the under-18 rapid and blitz world youth titles, dropping just two blitz games, and he won the 2024 Chennai Grand Masters Challengers to earn a place in the main event.

He reached his career-high rating of 2677 on the September 2026 list.

Career highlights

2025 World Junior Champion
Double gold at the 2024 World Youth Rapid and Blitz (under-18)
Won the 2024 Chennai Grand Masters Challengers
Career-high rating of 2677 (September 2026)

Pranav Venkatesh in The Chess Herald

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Oct 4, 2026Nakamura Wins a Fourth Straight Bullet Brawl With a Score of 155
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Profile last reviewed September 29, 2026. Ratings update monthly from FIDE.