Chess prodigy Aryan Chopra who resides in Delhi has become India’s second youngest International Master. He has finished 6th in A section of the Latvian Open with 6.5 games in 9 games and rating performance of 2634.

Aryan is only 13 years old. Aryan has added about 250 Elo points to his ally through consistent performance.

Some facts about Chess:

• the number of possible ways of playing the first four moves for both sides in a game of chess is 318,979,564,000.
• The word “Checkmate” in Chess comes from the Persian phrase “Shah Mat,” which means “the King is dead.”
• The first chess game played between space and earth was on June 9, 1970 by the Soyez-9 crew. The game ended in a draw.
• A computer called DeepThought became the first computer to beat an international grandmaster in November 1988, Long Beach, California.
• Dr. Emanuel Lasker from Germany retained theWorld Chess Champion titlefor more time than any other player ever: 26 years and 337 days.

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How many squares are there on a chess board?

Who is the first Indian Grandmaster in Chess?