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Indian chess grandmaster (born 1983) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Himanshu Sharma is an Indian chess grandmaster.
Himanshu Sharma | |
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Country | India |
Born | Rohtak, India | September 16, 1983
Title | Grandmaster (2017)[1] |
Peak rating | 2514 (August 2017) |
In April 2017, he crossed the 2500 rating mark after scoring a win in the fifth round of the 1st Sardar Prakash Singh Memorial. With this, he became India's 47th grandmaster and the first grandmaster from the province of Haryana.[2]
In July 2017, he won the Barbera Del Valles Open, finishing half a point ahead of runner-up Karen H. Grigoryan. This was his first Open tournament win outside of India[3]
In June 2022, he was one of the bearers of the Chess Olympiad torch.[4]
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