16 Facts About Stany GA

Stany GA was given the Ekalavya Award by the Govt of Karnataka in 2012.

Stany GA was born on 22 January 1993 in Bhadravati, India.

Stany GA was the second son of Late Anthony Gnana Prakash and Lizy Anthony.

Stany GA learnt the rules of game by observing his uncle who was teaching the basic rules of the game to his elder brother Tony.

Stany GA won silver medal in the Asian U-18 championship in the Philippines and was tied for second along with Fedoseev Vladimir and Debashish Das in World U-18 Championship but finished fourth due to tiebreak.

Stany GA made his maiden international master norm in National Premier Chess Championship in 2010, the second one in Odisha GM International Open 2011 and the final norm in Rethymno International Open Greece.

Stany GA was awarded international master title by FIDE in 2012.

Stany GA again created a record of becoming Karnataka's youngest IM at that time at the age of 19.

Stany GA had short coaching sessions with IM Shivanada, GM R B Ramesh, GM Tejas Bakre around this period.

Stany GA was the runner-up in the first edition of the famous IIFL International Open Tournament, Mumbai 2016.

Stany GA got his first Grandmaster Norm in LUC Open, France where he finished 2nd ahead of many GMs.

Stany GA played his first tournament in Italy, Forni Di Sopra Open 2017 and surprised everyone after defeating the tournament leader GM Franco Matamoros of Ecuador in the last round with Black and clinched the Title.

Stany GA played in Stavanger open 2017 Norway and Finished 3rd.

Stany GA started 2018 by finishing 2nd runner up in the Prestigious Hastings Masters in UK.

Stany GA thereby got his 2nd Grandmaster Norm with two rounds to spare.

Stany GA continued his fine form in the National Senior Chess Championship in Jammu in December 2018, and scored his third and Final GrandMaster Norm on Round 9 by making a draw against GM Aravind Chithambaram of Tamil Nadu and thereby completed his Grandmaster title requirements.