GMRaahul V S

Raahul Vijayakumar Srinivasan was born in Chennai in 2003 and began playing chess at six. He trained with Ramachandran Ramesh and Shyam Sundar. Alongside chess, he completed a master's degree in business administration at SRM University. In November 2025 he won the ASEAN Individual Open, also known as the Governor Henry S. Oaminal Cup. He secured first place with a round to spare and finished 1½ points clear of the runner-up. The victory directly earned him the grandmaster title, making him India's ninety-first grandmaster.