India added two more chess Grandmasters to its ever growing tally as Ethan Vaz and Harshvardhan G.B. became the country’s 96th and 97th GM respectively. 🚨 #News | 2 GMs in 2 Days.♟️ Ethan Vaz and Harshavardhan G.B. join the elite list of Indian Grandmasters as the country’s 96th and 97th title holders. Ethan secured his final GM norm at the Chess Summer in Sarajevo at the GM Mix tournament in Bosnia and Herzegovina. While… pic.twitter.com/0vwRrUOUbk — The Bridge (@the_bridge_in) June 30, 2026 Vaz, who is just 14 years old, achieved the feat late on Saturday night, when he earned his third and final grandmaster norm at a tournament called Chess Summer in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Having started to compete in tournaments abroad just three years back, Vaz earned his first GM norm last year in October. He earned his second norm in January earlier this year during a tournament in Serbia. Meanwhile, Harshvardhan, aged 22, attained his third and final norm 2nd Chola Chess GM Norm Round Robin Tournament in front of his home …