| Aryan Chopra | |
|---|---|
 Chopra in 2023 | |
| Country | India |
| Born | 10 December 2001 New Delhi, India |
| Title | Grandmaster (2016) |
| FIDE rating | 2630 (January 2024) |
| Peak rating | 2641 (August 2023) |
Aryan Chopra (born 10 December 2001) is an Indian chess prodigy who became a grandmaster (GM) in 2016, at the age of 14 years, 9 months and 3 days. The title was officially awarded by FIDE in 2017. He became the second youngest Indian to become Grandmaster, after Parimarjan Negi. [1] [2]
Chopra began playing chess at the age of six after an accident left him temporarily house-bound. [3] [4] [5]
Chopra achieved his first grandmaster norm at the 2015 Riga Technical University Open where he remained unbeaten. [6] [7] He earned his second GM norm at the 35th Zalakaros Open in May 2016 by putting up a strong performance and defeating multiple grandmasters. [8] Chopra earned his third and final GM norm on 29 August 2016 when he defeated GM Samvel Ter-Sahakyan of Armenia with black pieces in the final round of the Abu Dhabi Chess Championship Masters Tournament . [9] He was officially awarded the title in March 2017. [10]
He was part of the world team that convincingly beat the US team 30.5-17.5 in the 2017 Match of the Millennials held in St. Louis. He played in the under-17 section and scored 3.5/6 to help the world team win the section 19-13. [11]
Chopra finished third in the 2017 Abu Dhabi Chess Masters tournament, behind winner Amin Bassem and runner-up Nigel Short. He beat multiple grandmasters and gained 22 elo points on his way to scoring 6.5/9 points. He ended the tournament with a notable victory over GM Levan Pantsulaia of Georgia with black pieces. [12] [13]
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