Aditya Mittal (chess player)

In this Indian name, the name Mittal is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by the given name, Aditya.

Aditya Mittal is an Indian chess grandmaster.

Aditya Mittal
Country	India
Born	(2006-09-19) September 19, 2006 (age 18) Medhauli, Madhya Pradesh, India
Title	Grandmaster (2023)[1]
FIDE rating	2563 (June 2025)
Peak rating	2607 (April 2024)

Chess career

Aditya began playing chess at five years old.^[2]

Aditya played in the Aimchess Rapid tournament of the Champions Chess Tour 2022, where he managed to score wins against Arjun Erigaisi, Vincent Keymer, and Nils Grandelius.

In December 2022, Aditya became India's 77th grandmaster by drawing against Francisco Vallejo Pons during the Ellobregat Open tournament in Catalonia, which caused his live rating to surpass 2500.^[3]

He was awarded the title of Grandmaster in January 2023.^[4] In July 2023, Aditya won the Astana Zhuldyzdary Open tournament, finishing ahead of Alexander Moiseenko, Evgeny Alekseev, and Ramazan Zhalmakhanov.^[5]