Vidit Santosh Gujrathi (born 24 October 1994) is an Indian chessgrandmaster. He attained the title of grandmaster in January 2013, becoming the 30th player from India to do so. As of August 2022,[update] he is the second highest rated player in India (behind Viswanathan Anand. He is the fourth Indian player to have crossed the Elo rating threshold of 2700.
Vidit Santosh Gujrathi was born in Nashik to Santosh Gujrathi and Nikita Santosh Gujrathi. He did his early schooling at Fravashi Academy and was coached in chess from an early age. In 2006, he finished second in the Asian Youth Championships in the U12 category, thus receiving the title of FIDE Master.[5]
Vidit achieved the title of International Master(14) when he secured 7 points out of 13 in the Velammal 45th National A Chess Championship in Chennai in 2008.[6] In 2008, he won the World Youth Chess Championship in the Open U14 section, the first Indian to do so.[7] He scored 9 points out of a possible 11, gaining his final norm to become an International Master.
He finished 2nd in the U16 category of the World Youth Chess Championship in 2009, tying at 9 points to the eventual winner S. P. Sethuraman, also from India.[8] In the World Junior Chess Championship in Chennai in 2011, held for U20 players, Vidit finished with 8 points out of 11, thus gaining his first GM norm.[9]
In the Nagpur International Open in 2011, Vidit finished with 8 points out of 11, one point behind the eventual winner Ziaur Rahman. He gained his second GM norm in the tournament.[10] Vidit achieved his final GM norm at the age of 18 in the eighth round of the Rose Valley Kolkata Open Grandmasters' chess tournament in 2012, where he finished third.[11]
In 2013, Vidit won a bronze medal in the World Junior Chess Championship in Turkey in the Junior (U20) category.[12][13] Vidit finished third in the Hyderabad International Grandmasters chess tournament in 2013, winning Rs 1.5 lakh.[14]
Vidit has been also performing in the top 10 of other tournaments, including the Commonwealth Championship in 2008. Throughout the years, Vidit was coached by IM Anup Deshmukh, IM Roktim Bandopadhyay, and GM Alon Greenfeld of Israel.[15] Grandmaster Abhijit Kunte, who also coached Vidit earlier, said in 2013 that Vidit could reach an Elo rating of 2700 in two to three years. Kunte also considered Vidit's positional sense excellent, comparing him to the Indian chess player Pentala Harikrishna.[12]
From 22–26 November 2019, he competed in the Tata Steel Rapid and Blitz as a wildcard competitor. He finished in a tie for eighth with fellow wildcard Pentala Harikrishna.[16] He was a part of the Skilling Open, the first event of the 2020–2021 online Champions Chess Tour.[17]
Through February and March 2022, Vidit played in the FIDE Grand Prix 2022. In the first leg, he tied for second with Daniil Dubov with 3/6 in Pool C. In the second leg, he finished second in Pool C with a result of 3/6, finishing 12th in the standings with seven points.
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January 21, 2023
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Vidit Santosh Gujrathi born 24 October 1994 is an Indian chess grandmaster He attained the title of grandmaster in January 2013 becoming the 30th player from India to do so As of August 2022 update he is the second highest rated player in India behind Viswanathan Anand He is the fourth Indian player to have crossed the Elo rating threshold of 2700 Vidit GujrathiVidit at the 2018 Tata Steel tournamentCountryIndiaBorn 1994 10 24 24 October 1994 age 28 1 Nashik Maharashtra India 2 TitleGrandmaster 2013 FIDE rating2730 December 2022 Peak rating2736 August 2021 RankingNo 18 December 2022 Peak rankingNo 18 December 2022 YouTube informationChannelVidit GujrathiYears active2017 presentSubscribers230 thousand 3 4 Total views40 million 4 Creator Awards100 000 subscribersLast updated 22 June 2022 Contents 1 Early life and chess career 2 Notable results 3 References 4 External linksEarly life and chess career EditVidit Santosh Gujrathi was born in Nashik to Santosh Gujrathi and Nikita Santosh Gujrathi He did his early schooling at Fravashi Academy and was coached in chess from an early age In 2006 he finished second in the Asian Youth Championships in the U12 category thus receiving the title of FIDE Master 5 Vidit achieved the title of International Master 14 when he secured 7 points out of 13 in the Velammal 45th National A Chess Championship in Chennai in 2008 6 In 2008 he won the World Youth Chess Championship in the Open U14 section the first Indian to do so 7 He scored 9 points out of a possible 11 gaining his final norm to become an International Master He finished 2nd in the U16 category of the World Youth Chess Championship in 2009 tying at 9 points to the eventual winner S P Sethuraman also from India 8 In the World Junior Chess Championship in Chennai in 2011 held for U20 players Vidit finished with 8 points out of 11 thus gaining his first GM norm 9 In the Nagpur International Open in 2011 Vidit finished with 8 points out of 11 one point behind the eventual winner Ziaur Rahman He gained his second GM norm in the tournament 10 Vidit achieved his final GM norm at the age of 18 in the eighth round of the Rose Valley Kolkata Open Grandmasters chess tournament in 2012 where he finished third 11 In 2013 Vidit won a bronze medal in the World Junior Chess Championship in Turkey in the Junior U20 category 12 13 Vidit finished third in the Hyderabad International Grandmasters chess tournament in 2013 winning Rs 1 5 lakh 14 Vidit has been also performing in the top 10 of other tournaments including the Commonwealth Championship in 2008 Throughout the years Vidit was coached by IM Anup Deshmukh IM Roktim Bandopadhyay and GM Alon Greenfeld of Israel 15 Grandmaster Abhijit Kunte who also coached Vidit earlier said in 2013 that Vidit could reach an Elo rating of 2700 in two to three years Kunte also considered Vidit s positional sense excellent comparing him to the Indian chess player Pentala Harikrishna 12 From 22 26 November 2019 he competed in the Tata Steel Rapid and Blitz as a wildcard competitor He finished in a tie for eighth with fellow wildcard Pentala Harikrishna 16 He was a part of the Skilling Open the first event of the 2020 2021 online Champions Chess Tour 17 He was the captain of the historic gold medal winning Indian team in FIDE Online Chess Olympiad 2020 Through February and March 2022 Vidit played in the FIDE Grand Prix 2022 In the first leg he tied for second with Daniil Dubov with 3 6 in Pool C In the second leg he finished second in Pool C with a result of 3 6 finishing 12th in the standings with seven points Notable results EditCaptain of gold medal winning Indian team in FIDE Online Chess Olympiad 2020 18 First place in 2019 Biel Chess Festival Grandmaster tournament Runner up at the 2020 Prague Chess Festival masters tournament Quarter finalist of FIDE World Fischer Random Chess Championship 2019 Rank 12 out of 154 in the FIDE Grand Swiss Tournament 2019 with a score of 7 11 Quarter finalist of FIDE World Cup 2021 References Edit About me section on his website Retrieved 24 November 2013 Santosh Gujrathi Vidit The Times of India 19 January 2018 Retrieved 20 October 2021 Vidit Gujrathi YouTube YouTube a b About Vidit Gujrathi YouTube Asian Youth championship 2006 U12 FIDE Retrieved 15 December 2013 Velammal 45th National A Chess Championship 2008 FIDE Retrieved 15 December 2013 Manuel Aaron 31 October 2013 India dominates World Youth championships The Hindu Archived from the original on 27 December 2008 Retrieved 2 December 2013 World Youth Chess Championships 2009 Final Standings Organiser Retrieved 2 December 2013 World Junior Chess Championship 2011 Retrieved 16 December 2013 Nagpur International Open 2012 Retrieved 16 December 2013 Four Indians in seven way lead Gujrathi is GM Hindu 12 December 2013 Retrieved 9 December 2013 a b Historic World Junior Chess bronze for Santosh Vidit The Times of India 27 September 2013 Archived from the original on 30 September 2013 Retrieved 9 December 2013 India s Santosh Vidit wins bronze at World Junior Chess First Post 27 September 2013 Retrieved 9 December 2013 Sethuraman and Varun take titles Hindu 4 December 2013 Retrieved 9 December 2013 Winning is a habit for whizkid Vidit Hindu 17 September 2009 Retrieved 9 December 2013 2019 Tata Steel Chess India Rapid amp Blitz Grand Chess Tour Vidit Gujrathi will star in the Champions Chess Tour Skilling Open ChessBase India www chessbase in 22 November 2020 Retrieved 30 November 2020 Team captain Vidit Gujrathi looks back at India s dramatic shared title at the Online Chess Olympiad The Indian Express 4 September 2020 Retrieved 10 September 2020 External links EditSantosh Gujrathi Vidit rating card at FIDE Vidit Santosh Gujrathi player profile at Chess com Santosh Gujrathi Vidit player profile and games at Chessgames com Santosh Gujrathi Vidit chess games at 365Chess com Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Vidit Gujrathi amp oldid 1134535181, wikipedia, 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