Harshit Raja

Indian chess grandmaster (born 2001) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Harshit Raja (born 2001) is a chess grandmaster from Pune, India. He became India's 69th Grandmaster in 2021, at the age of 20.[1]

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Raja Harshit in Grenke Chess Open 2019
CountryIndia
Born (2001-04-03) 3 April 2001 (age 24)
Pune, Maharashtra, India
TitleGrandmaster (2022)
FIDE rating2453 (August 2025)
Peak rating2522 (August 2023)
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Chess career

In 2014, Harshit finished 2nd in the National Chess Championship U13 taking place in Jamshedpur, and won the School Games Federation of India's National School Games, taking place in Tamil Nadu.[2] In 2015, he participated in the World Youth Chess Championship finishing 15th.[3] Harshit became an International Master in 2017. He received the Shiv Chhatrapati Award in 2019.[4] He met all the requirements for the title of Grandmaster in 2021, becoming India's 69th Grandmaster.[5]

Personal life

Harshit studied at the Trulaske College of Business of the University of Missouri.[6]

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