Abhijeet Gupta
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Abhijeet Gupta is an Indian chess
player with the title Grandmaster. He hails from Bhilwara
in Rajasthan
.
He was awarded the title of Grandmaster in 2008, having previously become an International Master in 2005. In 2002, Gupta entered the Limca Book of Records
on becoming the youngest National junior (under-19) champion at the age of 13 years and 10 days. He has won 14 international medals, including six gold medals from the Asian, Commonwealth and British Championship age-group categories.
On August 15, 2008, he won the World Junior Chess Championship
at Gaziantep
, Turkey
, ahead of many other strong players, including Maxim Rodshtein
, David Howell
and Hou Yifan
. He is the third Indian to win this prestigious championship, which carries with it the FIDE Grandmaster title. He also made GM norms at the Andorra
Open 2006, New Delhi
(Parswnath) 2007 and Balaguer
2007 tournaments. In 2008, he won the 6th Parsvnath Open in New Delhi. In 2011 he came first in the 13th Dubai Open Chess Championship and tied for 2nd-4th with Tigran L. Petrosian
and Magesh Panchanathan in the 3rd Orissa International GM Open Chess Tournament.
Chess
Chess is a two-player board game played on a chessboard, a square-checkered board with 64 squares arranged in an eight-by-eight grid. It is one of the world's most popular games, played by millions of people worldwide at home, in clubs, online, by correspondence, and in tournaments.Each player...
player with the title Grandmaster. He hails from Bhilwara
Bhilwara
Bhilwara is the city in Mewar region of Rajasthan, India. The Cloth & Industrial city has its own uniqueness which makes it as a special district in Rajasthan.Bhilwara "The City of Cloth Culture & Calmness"- History :...
in Rajasthan
Rajasthan
Rājasthān the land of Rajasthanis, , is the largest state of the Republic of India by area. It is located in the northwest of India. It encompasses most of the area of the large, inhospitable Great Indian Desert , which has an edge paralleling the Sutlej-Indus river valley along its border with...
.
He was awarded the title of Grandmaster in 2008, having previously become an International Master in 2005. In 2002, Gupta entered the Limca Book of Records
Limca Book of Records
Limca Book of Records is a record book of Indian origin. First published in 1990, when the Limca Brand was owned by Parle Group. The book continued to be published by Coca-Cola, when they bought the Limca Brand. The 20th edition of this book was released by Amitabh Bachchan in March 2009...
on becoming the youngest National junior (under-19) champion at the age of 13 years and 10 days. He has won 14 international medals, including six gold medals from the Asian, Commonwealth and British Championship age-group categories.
On August 15, 2008, he won the World Junior Chess Championship
World Junior Chess Championship
The World Junior Chess Championship is an under-20 chess tournament organized by the World Chess Federation ....
at Gaziantep
Gaziantep
Gaziantep , Ottoman Turkish: Ayintab) previously and still informally called Antep; ʻayn tāb is a city in southeast Turkey and amongst the oldest continually inhabited cities in the world. The city is located 185 kilometres northeast of Adana and 127 kilometres by road north of Aleppo, Syria...
, Turkey
Turkey
Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...
, ahead of many other strong players, including Maxim Rodshtein
Maxim Rodshtein
Maxim Rodshtein is an Israeli chess Grandmaster . As of January 2009, his Elo rating is 2650, making him the #4 player in Israel and the #76 best player in the world. It was his peak rating so far. He won the World U-16 championship in Greece in 2004.Rodshtein won the 2006 Israeli Chess...
, David Howell
David Howell (chess player)
David Wei Liang Howell is an English chess player. He is the youngest chess Grandmaster in the United Kingdom, a title he earned when he came second during the 35th Rilton Cup in Stockholm on 5 January 2007 when he was 16...
and Hou Yifan
Hou Yifan
Hou Yifan is a Chinese chess prodigy. She is the reigning Women's World Chess Champion, the youngest ever to win the title, as well as the youngest female player ever to qualify for the title of Grandmaster.At the age of 12, Hou became the youngest player ever to participate in the FIDE Women's...
. He is the third Indian to win this prestigious championship, which carries with it the FIDE Grandmaster title. He also made GM norms at the Andorra
Andorra
Andorra , officially the Principality of Andorra , also called the Principality of the Valleys of Andorra, , is a small landlocked country in southwestern Europe, located in the eastern Pyrenees mountains and bordered by Spain and France. It is the sixth smallest nation in Europe having an area of...
Open 2006, New Delhi
New Delhi
New Delhi is the capital city of India. It serves as the centre of the Government of India and the Government of the National Capital Territory of Delhi. New Delhi is situated within the metropolis of Delhi. It is one of the nine districts of Delhi Union Territory. The total area of the city is...
(Parswnath) 2007 and Balaguer
Balaguer
Balaguer is the capital of the comarca of Noguera, in the province of Lleida, Catalonia, Spain.It is located by the river Segre, a tributary to the Ebre....
2007 tournaments. In 2008, he won the 6th Parsvnath Open in New Delhi. In 2011 he came first in the 13th Dubai Open Chess Championship and tied for 2nd-4th with Tigran L. Petrosian
Tigran L. Petrosian
Tigran L. Petrosian is an Armenian chess player who holds the title of grandmaster . His first name was deliberately chosen by his father to match the name of the former world champion Tigran V. Petrosian who was also of Armenian descent...
and Magesh Panchanathan in the 3rd Orissa International GM Open Chess Tournament.