Young Indian Grandmaster Bharath Subramaniyam is the latest to earn bragging rights after an impressive performance in one of the strongest online chess tournaments in the world.

The 17-year-old finished second in the early Titled Tuesday event hosted by popular chess platform chessdotcom.

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After 11 rounds, Subramaniyam was tied on 10 points with World No. 1 Magnus Carlsen, but the Norwegian Super GM took the first place as he had a better average without losing a game. Subramaniyam suffered only one defeat in the event, which was in the fourth round against Carlsen.

The Tamil Nadu player won the other ten rounds, including against World No. 2 Hikaru Nakamura and World No. 1 Fabiano Caruana. Subramaniyam checkmated Caruana at the end of an error-filled game and got the better of the other American Super GM, Nakamura, in a 94-move endgame battle.

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A few Indians have won the Titled Tuesday events in the past, namely Arjun Erigaisi, Pranav Venkatesh, Raunka Sadhwani and Malayali GM Nihal Sarin.

Titled Tuesday events are contested by titled players with genuine Chess dot com profiles. The players are asked to be available for Zoom calls for fair play reasons. Top players often use events like Titled Tuesday to stay sharp and claim bragging rights.

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