{{Short description|Indian chess grandmaster (born 2006)}} {{Indian patronymic|Pranesh|Munirethinam}} {{Infobox chess player | country = India | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|2006|8|26}}<ref name="FIDEIM">{{cite web|url=https://ratings.fide.com/crt/main228668.pdf|title=FIDE Title Application (IM)}}</ref> | birth_place = Karaikudi, India | title = Grandmaster (2023)<ref name="FIDEGM">{{cite web|url=https://ratings.fide.com/crt/main230508.pdf|title=FIDE Title Application (GM)}}</ref> | peakrating = 2644 (June 2026) | peakranking = No. 72 (June 2026) | FideID = 35028600 }}
'''Pranesh Munirethinam''' is an Indian chess grandmaster.
==Chess career== Pranesh is coached by R.B. Ramesh.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/sports/chess/m-pranesh-becomes-indias-79th-chess-grandmaster-8365268/|title=M Pranesh becomes India's 79th chess Grandmaster|date=January 6, 2023}}</ref>
Pranesh obtained his first GM norm in the 18th Delhi GM Open 2020 by defeating Stanislav Bogdanovich, Adam Tukhaev, Visakh N. R., and Van Huy Nguyen, and drawing against Diptayan Ghosh, Sahaj Grover, Kirill Stupak, and Nodirbek Yakubboev.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.chessbase.in/news/16-year-old-Pranesh-M-becomes-Indias-79th-Grandmaster|title=16-year-old Pranesh M becomes India's 79th Grandmaster|date=January 10, 2023|first=Shahid|last=Ahmed}}</ref>
In October 2022, Pranesh scored an upset win over Aravindh Chithambaram in the second round of the Asian Continental Chess Championship 2022.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.chessbase.in/news/Asian-Continental-Chess-Championship-2022-Round-2-report|title=Asian Continental 2022 R2: Pranesh and Rakshitta score huge upsets|first=Shahid|last=Ahmed|date=October 28, 2022}}</ref>
In January 2023, Pranesh won the Rilton Cup held in Stockholm<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thelogicalindian.com/story-feed/sports/m-pranesh-from-tamil-nadu-becomes-india-79th-chess-grandmaster-39728|title=Tamil Nadu: 16-Yr-Old M Pranesh Dominates Rilton Cup, Becomes India's 79th Grandmaster|date=January 10, 2023|first=Ronit|last=Singh}}</ref> (the first international tournament of the 2023 FIDE Circuit) to become India's 79th Grandmaster.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wionews.com/sports/who-is-m-pranesh-the-indian-teen-who-clinched-chess-grandmaster-title-his-coach-reveals-shocking-details-550067|title=Who is M Pranesh, the Indian teen who clinched chess Grandmaster title? His coach reveals shocking details|date=January 6, 2023}}</ref>
In May 2023, Pranesh played for the Indian Yogis in the 2023 PRO Chess League.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.chess.com/news/view/2023-pcl-semifinals|title=Tigers Rout Yogis; Gotham Knights Crush Team MGD1, Set Up Finals Clash|date=May 17, 2023}}</ref>
In August 2025, Pranesh won the Challengers section at the 2025 Chennai Grand Masters, scoring 6½/10.
==References== {{reflist}} {{Indian grandmasters}}
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