M. R. Lalith Babu

In this Indian name, the name Musunuri Rohit is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by the given name, Lalit Babu.

Lalit Babu M R
Lalit at the 2017 National Chess Championship
Country	India
Born	(1993-01-05) 5 January 1993 (age 31) Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, India
Title	Grandmaster (2012)
FIDE rating	2495 (January 2025)
Peak rating	2594 (March 2019)

Musunuri Rohit Lalit Babu (born 5 January 1993) is an Indian chess player. He was awarded the title of Grandmaster by FIDE in 2012. He is the 4th GrandMaster from Andhra Pradesh, part of the team that won India's first bronze medal in the 41st Chess Olympiad in 2014,^[1] Commonwealth gold medalist, Asian silver medalist, won the Indian Chess Championship in 2017, and Limca Book record holder. He has won 20 individual gold, 15 individual silver and 14 individual bronze medals in National as well as international tournaments.^{[citation needed]}

Biography

He was born in Vijayawada,^[2] Krishna District, Andhra Pradesh. Lalith Babu took the silver medal at the Asian Junior Chess Championship in 2008 and as a result he was awarded the title of International Master.^[3] He achieved the title of Grandmaster after scoring norms at Balaguer in October 2008, Chennai Open in 2010 and Hastings Masters in 2012.^[2]

He won the Leiden chess tournament in the Netherlands in 2009.^[4] The following year, Lalith Babu took the bronze medal at the Parsvnath Commonwealth Championship in New Delhi.^[5] He won the Commonwealth Chess Championship in 2012 at Chennai^[6][7] and won the Chennai Super Kings International Grandmaster tournament in 2013 on tiebreak over Lu Shanglei.^[8]

In 2014, he played on the Indian national team in the 41st Chess Olympiad in Tromsø, Norway winning the team bronze medal.^[9] He won the 55th National Premier Chess Championship of India, held in Patna in November 2017, to become the Indian national chess champion.^[10][11] He went on winning the National rapid 2018 championship and finished second in the National blitz.^[12] Lalith Babu he won the SCO Open, held from the 14 to the 22 October 2018 in the town of Xingtai, Hebei, China.^[13]

References

1. "Indian men clinch historic bronze in Chess Olympiad - Chess News - Times of India". The Times of India. PTI. 14 August 2014. Retrieved 2 October 2022.
2. "Title Applications. 1st quarter Presidential Board 2012, 3-6 February, Al Ain, UAE". FIDE. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
3. "After GM title Babu aims to become world champion". Zee News. 11 January 2012. Retrieved 11 June 2019.
4. "The Week in Chess 767". theweekinchess.com. Retrieved 11 June 2019.
5. "Parsvnath Commonwealth Chess Championship 2010". reports.chessdom.com. Chessdom. 18 May 2010. Retrieved 11 June 2019.
6. "Commonwealth Chess Championships 2012 – Tiviakov Champion, Lalith Babu awarded Commonwealth title | Chessdom". 2 December 2012. Retrieved 11 June 2019.
7. "Lalith Babu is Commonwealth Champion, Tiviakov wins Open title | All India Chess Federation". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 18 July 2015.
8. "Chennai Super Kings Open: Lalith Babu emerges Champion". Chessdom. 23 January 2013. Retrieved 11 June 2019.
9. "Lalith creates history at Chess Olympiad in Norway". The Hindu. 15 August 2014. Retrieved 16 August 2014.
10. "Lalith Babu crowned national chess champion". The Times of India. 10 November 2017. Retrieved 11 June 2019.
11. "GM Lalith Babu is the new Indian Champion". FIDE. 15 November 2017. Archived from the original on 22 November 2017. Retrieved 11 June 2019.
12. Shah, Sagar (5 May 2018). "Lalith Babu is the National Rapid 2018 Champion". ChessBase India. Retrieved 11 June 2019.
13. "Lalith Babu shares some of his secrets from the win at Shanghai Cooperation Cup 2018 - ChessBase India". www.chessbase.in. 23 November 2018. Retrieved 11 June 2019.

External links

• Lalith Babu M R rating card at FIDE
• Babu MR Lalith chess games at 365Chess.com
• Babu M R Lalith player profile and games at Chessgames.com