Aryan Chopra Explained

Aryan Chopra
Country:India
Birth Date:10 December 2001
Birth Place:New Delhi, India
Grandmaster (2016)
Peakrating:2641 (August 2023)
Fideid:5084423

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]

Chess career

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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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Aryan Chopra; New Grandmaster from Delhi – Delhi Chess Association . 17 September 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160921023242/http://ww2.delhichess.com/2016/09/13/aryan-chopra-next-grandmaster-from-delhi/ . 21 September 2016 . dead .
  2. News: Delhi's Aryan Chopra becomes chess Grandmaster at 14 . The Times of India . 2 September 2016 . 17 September 2016.
  3. News: At the start of a chequered career, Aryan learning to balance success . The Indian Express . 21 July 2011 . 17 September 2016 . Anmol Arora.
  4. News: Chess prodigy Aryan Chopra is aiming for stars . The Times of India . 1 August 2011 . 17 September 2016 . Mohammad Amin-ul Islam.
  5. News: Delhi chess prodigy looks upto Carlsen . The Times of India . 27 May 2010 . PTI . 17 September 2016.
  6. News: Delhi boy Aryan Chopra turns IM at 13 . The Times of India . 20 August 2015.
  7. Web site: chess results.
  8. Web site: fide database.
  9. Web site: Aryan Chopra scores his final norm. 2 September 2016 .
  10. Web site: List of titles approved by the Presidential Board by written resolution . . 3 March 2017 . 3 March 2017 . 4 March 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170304042206/http://www.fide.com/component/content/article/1-fide-news/10060-list-of-titles-approved-by-the-presidential-board-by-written-resolution.html . dead .
  11. Web site: World Team dominates the Match of Millennials - ChessBase India. chessbase.in. 31 July 2017 . 2017-08-15.
  12. News: Aryan finishes third. The Hindu. 2017-08-23. en.
  13. News: Young Aryan finishes 3rd at Abu Dhabi International Chess Festival - Times of India. The Times of India. 2017-08-23.

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