Safal Bora
{{Short description|American chess grandmaster (born 1998)}}
{{Infobox chess player
| country = United States
| birth_date = {{Bda|1998|5|19}}
| birth_place = Troy, Michigan
| title = Grandmaster (2025)
| peakrating = 2501 (December 2024)
| FideID = 2066149
}}
Safal Bora is an American chess grandmaster.
Chess career
In March 2016, he earned his first GM norm at the Charlotte Chess Center GM norm tournament after winning his last three games of the event.{{cite web|url=https://new.uschess.org/news/3-norms-earned-in-first-charlotte-chess-center-norm-invitationals|title=3 Norms Earned in First Charlotte Chess Center Norm Invitationals|date=April 1, 2016|first=Jennifer|last=Shahade}}
In November 2018, he played for the University of Michigan's team at the Ivy Chess Challenge, where the team finished in 3rd place.{{cite web|url=https://en.chessbase.com/post/princeton-wins-ivy-chess-challenge|title=Princeton wins Ivy Chess Challenge|date=November 30, 2018|first=Qiyu|last=Zhou}}
In December 2023, he tied for second place with grandmasters Aram Hakobyan and Yasser Quesada at the SPICE Cup Chess Tournament.{{cite web|url=https://news.webster.edu/2024/spice_cup_2023.php|title=13-Year-Old Prodigy Wins SPICE Cup Tournament|date=January 2, 2024}}
In July 2024, he achieved his final GM norm at the NYC Chess Norms invitational tournament after defeating grandmaster Oliver Barbosa in the final round.{{cite web|url=https://new.uschess.org/news/norms-earned-rating-thresholds-reached-and-gotham-dominance-highlight-july-nyc-norms|title=Norms Earned, Rating Thresholds Reached, and Gotham Dominance Highlight July NYC Norms Invitational|date=July 24, 2024|first=Alex|last=Ostrovskiy}} He then surpassed the 2500 rating mark in December 2024, achieving the GM title.
Personal life
He attended the University of Michigan for a bachelor of business administration and a bachelor of engineering. Off the chessboard, he works as a software engineer at Microsoft.{{cite web|url=https://www.linkedin.com/in/im-safal-bora/|title=Safal Bora}}
Safal co-wrote a research paper while studying at the University of Michigan - https://msp.org/involve/2024/17-3/involve-v17-n3-p01-p.pdf, https://arxiv.org/abs/1705.06136
References
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Category:American chess players
Category:University of Michigan alumni