Aditya Samant
{{Short description|Indian chess grandmaster (born 2006)}}
{{Indian name|Aditya|Sachin Samant}}
{{Infobox chess player
| country = India
| birth_date = {{Birth year and age|2006}}
| birth_place = Pune, India
| title = Grandmaster (2023){{cite web|url=https://ratings.fide.com/crt/main230519.pdf|title=FIDE Title Application (GM)}}
| peakrating = 2512 (November 2023)
| FideID = 35080580
}}
Aditya Sachin Samant (born 2006) is an Indian chess grandmaster.
Career
Aditya began playing chess at the age of 6.{{cite web|url=https://www.chessbase.in/news/Aditya-S-Samant-becomes-Indias-83rd-and-Maharashtras-12th-Grandmaster|title=Aditya S Samant becomes India's 83rd and Maharashtra's 12th Grandmaster|date=August 19, 2023|first=Shahid|last=Ahmed}} He trained under Chandrashekhar Gokhale, Jayant Gokhale, Abhijit Kunte, and Alexander Goloshchapov.{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/pune/samant-15-becomes-im-with-home-norm/articleshow/92047279.cms|title=Pune: Aditya Samant, 15, becomes International Master with home norm|date=June 7, 2022|first=Amit|last=Karmarkar}}
Aditya earned his first GM norm at the Abu Dhabi Masters in August 2022 and his second GM norm at the El Llobregat Open in December 2023. He also crossed the 2500 rating mark in May 2023.
In July 2023, Aditya became a grandmaster after earning his final norm at the Master Tournament of the Biel International Chess Festival by drawing against Bu Xiangzhi in the 8th round of the 9-round tournament.{{cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/sports/chess/aditya-samant-becomes-indias-83rd-grandmaster-at-biel-master-tournament-8861741/|title=Aditya Samant becomes India’s 83rd Grandmaster at Biel Master Tournament|date=July 27, 2023}}{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/chess/aditya-samant-becomes-indias-83rd-chess-grandmaster/articleshow/102147179.cms|title=
Aditya Samant becomes India's 83rd chess Grandmaster|date=July 26, 2023}} He only needed to play the final game against Aryan Chopra to secure the title, regardless of the game's result.{{cite web|url=https://www.outlookindia.com/sports/aditya-samant-becomes-india-s-83rd-chess-grandmaster-news-305922|title=Aditya Samant becomes India's 83rd chess Grandmaster|date=July 26, 2023}}
Personal life
References
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