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Atomic Grandmasters #1: ASGM Sutcunuri

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There are many high-rated Atomic players. However, only some of these players have achieved the norms needed for the Atomic Grandmaster or Atomic Supergrandmaster title. In this blog, I will examine and determine which players have earned these titles.

There exists a team on lichess that determines atomic titles. Please read the team page before reading this blog, as the blog will not make sense without this information.
https://lichess.org/team/atomic-titles
The first player I will examine is CM Sutcunuri.
Sutcunuri earned the rank of Atomic Candidate Master through this game on his first day of playing atomic:

https://lichess.org/MC8XccOD

Sutcunuri earned the rank of Atomic Master through norms achieved in these tournaments:
https://lichess.org/tournament/ujN5WWCM
https://lichess.org/tournament/C6Yr68V1

Sutcunuri earned the rank of Atomic International Master through norms achieved in these tournaments:
https://lichess.org/tournament/dPhtE6AD
https://lichess.org/tournament/tqwYJOxO

Sutcunuri earned the rank of Atomic Grandmaster through norms achieved in these tournaments.
https://lichess.org/tournament/Sr2r1H1V
https://lichess.org/tournament/MNvuVrtx

Sutcunuri earned the rank of Atomic Supergrandmaster through norms achieved in these tournaments.
https://lichess.org/tournament/4UCdmSqG
https://lichess.org/tournament/3npuM9nt
https://lichess.org/tournament/yEioyVCo
https://lichess.org/tournament/TW9dzF9l

Rank Progression:
First Atomic Game: February 18, 2019
Atomic Candidate Master: February 18, 2019
Atomic Master: February 22, 2019
Atomic International Master: March 9, 2019
Atomic Grandmaster: April 20, 2019
Atomic Supergrandmaster: April 9, 2020
Interestingly, Sutcunuri has not earned an Atomic Grandmaster norm or an Atomic Supergrandmaster norm since April 9, 2020.
The next player I will examine is Vlad_00.