# G. Akash

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{{Short description|Indian chess grandmaster (born 1996)}}
{{Indian patronymic|Akash|Ganesan}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=April 2018}}
{{Infobox chess biography
| name          = G. Akash
| image         = 
| caption       = 
| birth_name     = Akash Ganesan
| country       = India
| birth_date    = {{Birth date and age|1996|10|01|df=y}}
| birth_place   = [Chennai](/source/Chennai), India
| death_date    = 
| death_place   = 
| title         = [Grandmaster](/source/Grandmaster_(chess)) (2020)
| peakrating    = 2495 (April 2020)
| FideID        = 5040299
}}

'''Akash Ganesan''' (born 1 October 1996) is an Indian chess [grandmaster](/source/Grandmaster_(chess)) and former [national champion](/source/Indian_Chess_Championship). 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 in [World Cup 2013](/source/Chess_World_Cup_2013), In the first round he was eliminated by World Championship challenger [Fabiano Caruana](/source/Fabiano_Caruana) with 1.5 - 0.5 score favoring the Italian-American. In 2013, he won gold medal in [Commonwealth Junior](/source/Commonwealth_Chess_Championship) category held at South Africa. In 2014, Akash went on to pursue [electronic and communication engineering](/source/Electronic_engineering) degree at [College of Engineering, Guindy, Anna University](/source/College_of_Engineering%2C_Guindy). He took a break from chess for those 4 years. In 2019 December, He completed his 3rd [GM norm](/source/Norm_(chess)) and Secured silver medal in National Senior championship held at Sikkim. In 2020 February, Akash won [https://praguechessfestival.com/ Prague 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 of [FIDE](/source/FIDE) for the year 2020 that was held on 3 July 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|title=भारत के 66वें शतरंज ग्रैंडमास्टर बने तमिलनाडु के जी आकाश|url=https://www.livehindustan.com/sports/story-chennai-g-akash-becomes-indias-66th-chess-grandmaster-3330205.html|access-date=2020-08-19|website=Hindustan|language=hindi}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|agency=Press Trust of India|date=2020-07-05|title=Akash becomes India's 66th chess GM; Ameya gets International Master title|work=Business Standard India|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/sports/akash-becomes-india-s-66th-chess-gm-ameya-gets-international-master-title-120070500881_1.html?1593965779|access-date=2020-08-19}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Keerthivasan|first=K.|date=2020-07-05|title=Akash becomes India's 66th Grandmaster|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/sport/other-sports/akash-becomes-indias-66th-grandmaster/article31996677.ece|access-date=2020-08-19|issn=0971-751X}}</ref>

==References==
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== External links ==
*{{Fide|name=Akash G}}
*{{365Chess.com player|Akash_G}}
*{{chessgames player|141946|Akash G}}

{{Indian grandmasters}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ganesan, Akash}}
Category:1996 births
Category:Living people
Category:Chess Grandmasters
Category:Sportspeople from Chennai
Category:College of Engineering, Guindy alumni
Category:21st-century Indian chess players

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