Aditya Mittal (chess player)
{{Short description|Indian chess grandmaster (born 2006)}}
{{Indian name|Aditya|Mittal}}
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| country = India
| birth_date = {{Bda|2006|9|19}}
| birth_place = Medhauli, Madhya Pradesh, India
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| title = Grandmaster (2023){{cite web|url=https://ratings.fide.com/crt/main229173.pdf|title=FIDE Title Application (GM)}}
| peakrating = 2607 (April 2024)
| FideID = 35042025
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Aditya Mittal is an Indian chess grandmaster.
Chess career
Aditya began playing chess at five years old.{{cite web |last=Ghosh |first=Himank |date=2022-12-22 |title=Mumbai gets its 2nd Chess Grandmaster, Aditya Mittal |url=https://www.chessbase.in/news/Mumbai-gets-it-s-2nd-Chess-Grandmaster-Aditya-Mittal |access-date=2023-08-15 |website=ChessBase}}
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.{{cite web |date=December 6, 2022 |title=Aditya Mittal becomes India's 77th GM |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/chess/aditya-mittal-becomes-indias-77th-gm/articleshow/96029908.cms |access-date=2023-08-15 |website=The Times of India}}
He was awarded the title of Grandmaster in January 2023.{{Cite web |title=Title Application |url=https://ratings.fide.com/crt/main229173.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240330072820/https://ratings.fide.com/crt/main229173.pdf |archive-date=2024-03-30 |access-date=2024-09-23}} In July 2023, Aditya won the Astana Zhuldyzdary Open tournament, finishing ahead of Alexander Moiseenko, Evgeny Alekseev, and Ramazan Zhalmakhanov.{{cite web |last=Ahmed |first=Shahid |date=2023-07-24 |title=Aditya Mittal victorious at Astana Zhuldyzdary Open 2023 |url=https://www.chessbase.in/news/Aditya-Mittal-victorious-at-Astana-Zhuldyzdary-Open-International-Chess-Festival-2023 |access-date=2023-08-15 |website=ChessBase}}
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