Koushik Girish | |
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Country | India |
Born | [1] Sringeri, India | August 31, 1997
Title | Grandmaster (2019) |
FIDE rating | 2492 (July 2024) |
Peak rating | 2506 (November 2019) |
Koushik Girish (born August 31, 1997) is an Indian chess grandmaster from Karnataka. He won the World Youth Chess Championship under-10 in 2006. He has also been a medalist in the Asian Youth Chess Championships under 8, 10, 12, 14 and 16. He became India's 63rd Grandmaster on 2019, at the age of 22. [2]
In 2005, Girish won the Asian Youth Chess Championship under 8 years old. [3] In next year, 2006, he won the World Youth Chess Championship Under-10, taking place in Batumi, Georgia, scoring 9.5 points in 11 rounds. [4] In 2008, Girish won the Asian Youth Chess Championships Under 12 taking place in Teheran, Iran [5] and in 2011, he won the Asian Youth Chess Championships Under 14. [6] In 2013, Girish tied in first place of the World Youth Chess Championship Under 16 in Al Ain with 9 points in 11 rounds, eventually receiving the silver medal based on the tiebreaks. [7] [8]
Until May 2019, Girish had one Grandmaster norm and a peak rating of 2444. After playing in the Llucmajor Open in Mallorca and two norm tournaments in Hungary, he scored his second and third Grandmaster norms and achieved a rating of 2500.7, fulfilling all the requirements for the Grandmaster title. [2]
In May 2019, Girish graduated from R.V. College of Engineering completing an Electronics and Communications Engineering degree. [2] [9]
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