Swayams Mishra

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Swayams Mishra
Country India
Born (1992-08-13) 13 August 1992 (age 32)
Cuttack, India
Title Grandmaster (2019) [1]
FIDE   rating 2446 (June 2025)
Peak rating 2493 (June 2019)

Swayams Mishra is an Indian chess grandmaster.

Career

In May 2018, he tied for second place in the Llucmajor Open with a score of 6.5/9. [2]

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In May 2019, he became India's 62nd Grandmaster after defeating Antoni Kozak at the Polonia Wroclaw GM round robin tournament, also winning the tournament with a score of 7/9. [3]

Personal life

He got an engineering degree from the KIIT University in Bhubaneswar. [3] He is also a chess coach; one of his students became the youngest International Master in his age group in January 2024. [4]

References

  1. ↑ "FIDE Title Application (GM)" (PDF).
  2. ↑ Shah, Sagar (24 May 2018). "Swayams Mishra and Prithu Gupta shine at the Llucmajor Open 2018 in Mallorca".
  3. 1 2 Shah, Sagar (6 May 2019). "Swayams Mishra - India's 62nd GM, accomplished trainer and an IT Engineer".
  4. ↑ Sahay, Aditya (5 January 2024). "Chess: 12-year-old sensation Ethan becomes youngest IM, sets eyes on GM title". WION. Retrieved 14 June 2025.
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