Vaibhav Suri
{{Short description|Indian chess grandmaster (born 1997)}}
{{Indian name|Vaibhav|Suri}}
{{Infobox chess player
|country=India
|title=Grandmaster (2012)
|birth_date={{birth date and age|df=y|1997|02|08}}
|birth_place = New Delhi, India
|FideID = 5045185
|peakrating = 2610 (October 2022)
}}
Vaibhav Suri (born 8 February 1997) is an Indian chess player.
Early life and education
Vaibhav studied at the Modern School and joined the Shri Ram College of Commerce, graduating in 2018.{{Cite web |last=Rathi |first=Devanshi |date=2018-06-08 |title=Vaibhav Suri: Chess and Education go hand-in-hand for this Grandmaster |url=https://www.sportskeeda.com/chess/vaibhav-suri-chess-and-education-go-hand-in-hand-for-this-grandmaster |access-date=2023-10-04 |website=www.sportskeeda.com |language=en-us}}
Career
In 2012, Vaibhav earned his final grandmaster norm. At the age of fifteen, he became one of the youngest grandmasters.{{Cite news |last=McClain |first=Dylan Loeb |date=2012-05-05 |title=Early Success Is No Guarantee of a Career Among the Elite |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/06/crosswords/chess/chess-vaibhav-suri-is-latest-teenage-grandmaster.html |access-date=2023-10-04 |issn=0362-4331}}{{Cite web |date=2012-05-02 |title=Vaibhav Suri, grandmaster at fifteen |url=https://en.chessbase.com/post/vaibhav-suri-grandmaster-at-fifteen |access-date=2023-10-04 |website=Chess News |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Naik |first=Shivani |date=2012-05-04 |title=Grandmaster at 15,Vaibhav makes rapid moves |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/news-archive/print/grandmaster-at-15-vaibhav-makes-rapid-moves/ |access-date=2023-10-04 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}
Vaibhav won a bronze medal at the 2017 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games, teamed with Diptayan Ghosh.
In 2018, he won the Biel Chess Festival in the masters category, winning five games and drawing four.{{Cite news |last= |first= |date=2018-08-03 |title=Vaibhav Suri wins Biel Masters |url=https://www.thehindu.com/sport/other-sports/vaibhav-suri-wins-biel-masters/article24595242.ece |access-date=2023-10-04 |work=The Hindu |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X}}
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Category:Modern School (New Delhi) alumni