| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Akash Ganesan |
| Born | (1996-10-01)1 October 1996 (age 29) Chennai, India |
| Chess career | |
| Country | India |
| Title | Grandmaster (2020) |
| FIDE rating | 2415 (November 2025) |
| Peak rating | 2495 (April 2020) |
Akash Ganesan (born 1 October 1996) is an Indian chessgrandmaster and formernational champion. He currently holds national record in chess for being Youngest National Chess Champion at the age of 16 years and 14 days.
He represented India inWorld Cup 2013, In the first round he was eliminated by World Championship challengerFabiano Caruana with 1.5 - 0.5 score favoring the Italian-American. In 2013, he won gold medal inCommonwealth Junior category held at South Africa. In 2014, Akash went on to pursueelectronic and communication engineering degree atCollege of Engineering, Guindy, Anna University. He took a break from chess for those 4 years. In 2019 December, He completed his 3rdGM norm and Secured silver medal in National Senior championship held at Sikkim. In 2020 February, Akash wonPrague International Chess Festival Open 2020 and got qualified for Prague International Chess Festival Challengers 2021. His Grandmaster title was confirmed at the 2nd Council Meet ofFIDE for the year 2020 that was held on 3 July 2020.[1][2][3]
