| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | (2006-08-26)August 26, 2006 (age 19)[2] |
| Chess career | |
| Country | India |
| Title | Grandmaster (2023)[1] |
| FIDE rating | 2627 (February 2026) |
| Peak rating | 2630 (October 2025) |
| Ranking | No. 101 (February 2026) |
| Peak ranking | No. 96 (November 2025) |
Pranesh Munirethinam is an Indianchess grandmaster.
Pranesh is coached byR.B. Ramesh.[3]
Pranesh obtained his first GM norm in the 18th Delhi GM Open 2020 by defeatingStanislav Bogdanovich,Adam Tukhaev,Visakh N. R., and Van Huy Nguyen, and drawing againstDiptayan Ghosh,Sahaj Grover,Kirill Stupak, andNodirbek Yakubboev.[4]
In October 2022, Pranesh scored an upset win overAravindh Chithambaram in the second round of the Asian Continental Chess Championship 2022.[5]
In January 2023, Pranesh won the Rilton Cup held in Stockholm[6] (the first international tournament of the2023 FIDE Circuit) to become India's 79th Grandmaster.[7]
In May 2023, Pranesh played for the Indian Yogis in the 2023PRO Chess League.[8]
In August 2025, Pranesh won the Challengers section at the2025 Chennai Grand Masters, scoring 6½/10.