Harshit Raja
{{Short description|Indian chess grandmaster (born 2001)}}
{{Indian name|Harshit|Raja}}
{{Infobox chess biography
| name = Harshit Raja
| image = Raja Harshit 2019 Karlsruhe.jpg
| caption = Raja Harshit in Grenke Chess Open 2019
| country = India
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|2001|4|3}}
| birth_place = Pune, Maharashtra, India
| title = Grandmaster (2022)
| rating =
| peakrating = 2522 (August 2023)
| FideID = 5089000
}}
Harshit Raja (born 2001) is a chess grandmaster from Pune, India. He became India's 69th Grandmaster in 2021, at the age of 20.{{cite web |title=Breaking News: India gets its 69th GM - Harshit Raja - ChessBase India |url=https://www.chessbase.in/news/India-gets-its-69th-GM-Harshit-Raja |website=www.chessbase.in |access-date=21 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230930122616/https://www.chessbase.in/news/India-gets-its-69th-GM-Harshit-Raja |archive-date=30 September 2023 |date=4 August 2021 |url-status=live }}
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.{{cite web |title=Meet Harshit Raja, India's 69th chess Grandmaster |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/pune/meet-harshit-raja-indias-69th-chess-grandmaster-7440273/ |website=The Indian Express |access-date=22 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210922053351/https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/pune/meet-harshit-raja-indias-69th-chess-grandmaster-7440273/ |archive-date=22 September 2021 |language=en |date=5 August 2021 |url-status=live }}
In 2015, he participated in the World Youth Chess Championship finishing 15th.{{cite web |title=Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - World Youth Ch 2015 - Open under 14 |url=https://chess-results.com/tnr187415.aspx?lan=1&art=1&flag=30 |website=chess-results.com |access-date=22 February 2024}}
Harshit became an International Master in 2017. He received the Shiv Chhatrapati Award in 2019.{{cite web |title=Seven Maharashtra players honoured with the Shiv Chhatrapati award - ChessBase India |url=https://chessbase.in/news/Shiv-Chhatrapati-awards-2019 |website=www.chessbase.in |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230608062524/https://chessbase.in/news/Shiv-Chhatrapati-awards-2019 |archive-date=8 June 2023 |date=21 February 2019 |access-date=22 February 2024 |url-status=live }} He met all the requirements for the title of Grandmaster in 2021, becoming India's 69th Grandmaster.{{cite web |title=India's 69th GM Harshit Raja keen on striking balance between studies and chess |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/chess/indias-69th-gm-harshit-raja-keen-on-striking-balance-between-studies-and-chess/articleshow/85040549.cms |website=The Times of India |access-date=22 February 2024 |date=4 August 2021}}
Personal life
Harshit studied at the Trulaske College of Business of the University of Missouri.{{cite web |title=IM Harshit Raja secures admission in the University of Missouri - ChessBase India |url=https://chessbase.in/news/Harshit-Raja-enrolls-in-the-Missouri-University |website=www.chessbase.in |access-date=22 February 2024 |date=24 September 2020}}
References
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External links
- {{Fide|5089000}}
- {{Chessgames player|151626}}
- {{365Chess.com player|Raja_Harshit}}
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