 Bharath at a chess tournament | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 17 October 2007 Chennai, India |
| Chess career | |
| Country | India |
| Title | Grandmaster (2022) |
| FIDE rating | 2573 (October 2025) |
| Peak rating | 2573 (October 2025) |
Bharath Subramaniyam (born 17 October 2007) is an Indian chess grandmaster (GM).
Bharath learned chess at the age of five from his father, Harishankkar. Starting in 2014, he attended the Chess Gurukul school in Chennai, having GM Ramachandran Ramesh as his main teacher. In January 2020, Bharath was selected for a special training camp sponsored by Microsense Networks and conducted by former world champion GM Vladimir Kramnik and former world chess challenger GM Boris Gelfand. Bharath is currently training with Indian chess GM Shyam Sundar.
He completed his 3rd IM norm in June 2019 at the age of 11 years and 8 months. [1] The title was officially ratified by FIDE in September of the same year. [2]
In January 2022, Bharath earned his third and final GM norm to become India's 73rd grandmaster at the age of 14 by scoring 7.5/9 at the Vergani Cup Open in Cattolica, Italy, and raising his live rating above 2500. [3] [4] As of July 8, 2025, he is the youngest Indian grandmaster and he has been so for last 3.5 years since he became grandmaster.