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Praveen Thipsay

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Pravin Mahadeo Thipsay is an Indian chess player who holds the FIDE title of Grandmaster. He is the first Indian to get a chess Grandmaster Norm and the first Indian to win the Commonwealth Chess Championship.

BORN

12 August 1959

HONOUR

Arjuna Award

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Key facts

Born
12 August 1959, Mumbai
State of birth
Mumbai, Maharashtra
Sector
Chess
Profession
Indian chess player
Gender
Male

Biography

Pravin Mahadeo Thipsay is an Indian chess player who holds the FIDE title of Grandmaster. He is the first Indian to get a chess Grandmaster Norm and the first Indian to win the Commonwealth Chess Championship.

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Timeline

  1. 1959Born in Mumbai
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