Seventeen-year-old chess prodigy Mayank Chakraborty has become India’s 94th Grandmaster and the first from the country’s North East to achieve the title after securing his final GM norm at the Hotel Stockholm North by First Hotels Chess Talents Tournament.

The Guwahati-based player clinched his third and final norm in the eighth round by defeating Swedish International Master Philip Lindgren, crossing the required 6.5-point mark with a round to spare. Chakraborty later drew his final game with English IM Jonah B Willow to complete a memorable campaign.