Pravin Thipsay

Pravin Mahadeo Thipsay (born 12 August 1959) is an Indian chess Grandmaster. He is the first Indian to get a chess Grandmaster norm and the first Indian to win the Commonwealth Chess Championship.

Pravin Thipsay
Pravin Thipsay
Full namePravin Mahadeo Thipsay
Country India
Born (1959-08-12) 12 August 1959
Mumbai
TitleGrandmaster
Peak rating2515 (January 1995)

In 1984, the Government of India conferred its highest sports award, the Arjuna Award on him.

He won the Indian Chess Championship in 1982, 1984, 1985, 1989, 1992, 1993 and 1994 and played for India in the Chess Olympiads of 1982, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1994, 1998 and 2002.[1]

He was the Joint Silver Medalist in the Commonwealth Chess Championship in 1986 (London), in 1989(London), in 1991 (London), in 1994 (London), in 1996 (Kolkata, India), while he won the Bronze Medals in the Commonwealth Chess Championship in 1999 (Bikaner, India), in 2000 (Sangli, India) and in 2004 (Mumbai, India). He was also the Individual Gold Medalist in Asian Teams Chess Championships in 1983 (New Delhi, India) and in 2003 (Jodhpur, India)

In 1985, Thipsay tied for first with Kevin Spraggett in the Commonwealth Chess Championship. In 1998, he tied for 4-7th with Sergey Zagrebelny, Mohamad Al-Modiahki and Amanmurad Kakageldyev in the Asian Chess Championship in Tehran,[2] in 2004 tied for 2nd–6th behind Marat Dzhumaev in Pune[3] and in the same year tied for 2nd–3rd with Saidali Iuldachev and Chakkravarthy Deepan in Lucknow.[4] In 2007, he won the FIDE Rated All India Open Chess Tournament in Mangalore.[5]

According to Chessmetrics, at his peak in August 1981 Thipsay's play was equivalent to a rating of 2571, and he was ranked number 141 in the world. His best single performance was at Brighton (BCF Championship) 1984, where he scored 6,5 of 10 possible points (65%) against 2549-rated opposition, for a performance rating of 2623.[6] In the January 2009 FIDE list, he has an Elo rating of 2469, making him India's number 24.

In 1997 he became the third Indian to attain the Grandmaster title after Anand and Dibyendu Barua

He used to play on FIDE online arena with the username "Thipsay" and on ChessCube with the username "Hyunthi".

Pravin Thipsay is married to Woman International Master Bhagyashree Sathe Thipsay.[7]

See also

References
  1. Bartelski, Wojciech. "Men's Chess Olympiads: Pravin Thipsay". OlimpBase. Retrieved 26 November 2009.
  2. Crowther, Mark (1998-09-28). "TWIC 203: Asian Men's Individual Championships". London Chess Center. Retrieved 26 November 2009.
  3. P. K. Ajith Kumar. "Dzhumaev's career-best show". The Sportstar. Retrieved 26 November 2009.
  4. Crowther, Mark (2004-10-10). "TWIC 518: Piloo Mody International Open". London Chess Center. Retrieved 26 November 2009.
  5. Zaveri, Praful (2007-08-07). "GM Pravin Thipsay triumphs in Mangalore". ChessBase. Retrieved 26 November 2009.
  6. Sonas, Jeff. "Event Details: Brighton (BCF Championship), 1984". Chessmetrics. Retrieved 26 November 2009.
  7. Wall, Bill. "Chess players and their spouses". Chess.com. Retrieved 26 November 2009.


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