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Anuj Shrivatri, 22, became India's 100th Grandmaster on Diwali day by winning the ASEAN+ championship in the Philippines. He is also Madhya Pradesh's first-ever GM. India is only the fourth country to reach 100 GMs, nearly four decades after Viswanathan Anand became the first. Russia has more than 250. Can India's chess boom take it to the top?