Anurag Mhamal | |
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![]() Mhamal in 2017 | |
Country | India |
Born | Panaji, India | 28 April 1995
Title | Grandmaster (2017) [1] |
FIDE rating | 2474 (July 2025) |
Peak rating | 2504 (March 2019) |
Anurag Mhamal is an Indian chess grandmaster.
Mhamal learned chess from his father Arvind Mhamal and trained under Akash Thakur. [2] [3]
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. [2]
Mhamal won gold at the 2013 Asian Junior Blitz Chess Championship in Sharjah, UAE.[ citation needed ]
In October 2014, Mhamal defeated Robin van Kampen in an upset in the World Junior Chess Championships. [4]
In July 2016, Mhamal got his final GM norm at Czech Open 2016 Pardubice. [1]
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. [5]