Anurag Mhamal
{{Short description|Indian chess grandmaster (born 1995)}}
{{Infobox chess player
|image = MhamalAnurag2017.jpg
|caption = Mhamal in 2017
| country = India
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1995|4|28}}
| birth_place = Panaji, India
| title = Grandmaster (2017){{cite web|url=https://ratings.fide.com/crt/main225653.pdf|title=FIDE Title Application (GM)}}
| peakrating = 2504 (March 2019)
| FideID = 5024366
}}
Anurag Mhamal is an Indian chess grandmaster.
Career
Mhamal learned chess from his father Arvind Mhamal and trained under Akash Thakur.{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/chess/anurag-mhamal-the-unlikely-grandmaster/articleshow/59720996.cms|title=Anurag Mhamal : The unlikely grandmaster|date=July 23, 2017|first=Paresh|last=Mokani}}
In 2012, Mhamal became the first IM from the state of Goa after achieving his final IM norm at the International Open at Albena in Bulgaria.{{cite web|url=https://aicf.in/anurag-mhamal-becomes-goas-first-im/|title=Anurag Mhamal becomes Goa’s first IM}}
Mhamal won gold at the 2013 Asian Junior Blitz Chess Championship in Sharjah, UAE.
In October 2014, Mhamal defeated Robin van Kampen in an upset in the World Junior Chess Championships.{{cite web|url=https://www.sportskeeda.com/chess/chess-mhamal-shocks-van-kampen|title=Anurag Mhamal upsets Robin van Kampen in World Junior Chess championship|date=October 13, 2014}}
In July 2016, Mhamal got his final GM norm at Czech Open 2016 Pardubice.
In July 2017, Mhamal crossed the 2500 rating mark after defeating Romeo-Sorin Milu in the fifth round of the XXXVII Benasque International Open in Spain, becoming the first GM from the state of Goa and India's 48th Grandmaster.{{cite web|url=https://www.chessbase.in/news/48th-gm-from-india-anurag-mhamal/|title=Breaking news: Anurag Mhamal is India's 48th grandmaster|date=July 11, 2017|first=Sagar|last=Shah}}