Country: | India |
Birth Date: | 20 May 1985 |
Birth Place: | Chennai, India |
Grandmaster (2012)[1] | |
Peakrating: | 2528 (October 2018) |
Fideid: | 5005779 |
Venkatesh Marani Rajendran is an Indian chess grandmaster.
In July 2012, Venkatesh earned his Grandmaster title after finishing second to Abhijeet Gupta at the Philadelphia International Chess Tournament.[2]
In the seventh round of the MPL 59th National Senior Chess Championship 2022, Venkatesh defeated Gupta to share the tournament lead with Mitrabha Guha and S. P. Sethuraman.[3]
In February 2023, Venkatesh won the 21st Dolomitenbank Open Lienz by defeating Sandipan Chanda in the final round.[4]