Harikrishnan A Ra

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Harikrishnan A Ra
Personal information
Born (2001-09-22) September 22, 2001 (age 24)
Chennai, India
Chess career
Country India
Title Grandmaster (2025) [1]
FIDE   rating 2534 (October 2025)
Peak rating 2534 (September 2025)

Harikrishnan Amirthavalli Rangarajan is an Indian chess grandmaster. He is coached by grandmaster Shyam Sundar M. [2]

Chess career

In April 2024, he won the Noisiel Blitz Rating Open with a perfect score of 9/9. He also finished with an unbeaten 7/9 score in the >1900 Open A event, finishing in third place after tiebreaks behind Li Min Peng and Marco Materia. [3]

In May 2024, he tied for first with grandmaster Abdulla Gadimbayli in the Ljubljana Chess Festival with a score of 7.5/9, losing in the tiebreaks and being ranked in second place. [4]

In July 2025, he became India's 87th Grandmaster after a draw against grandmaster P. Iniyan in the final game of the La Plagne International Chess Festival. [5]

References

  1. ↑ "FIDE Title Application (GM)" (PDF).
  2. ↑ Kamath, Amit (July 12, 2025). "Meet Harikrishnan A Ra, India's 87th grandmaster".
  3. ↑ Ahmed, Shahid (May 7, 2024). "Harikrishnan A Ra dominates 2nd Noisiel Blitz Rating Open 2024, third in Classical".
  4. ↑ Ahmed, Shahid (May 17, 2024). "Abdulla Gadimbayli wins Ljubljana Chess Festival 2024, Harikrishnan A Ra second".
  5. ↑ "Harikrishnan A Ra becomes India's 87th Grandmaster". July 12, 2025.
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