Raunak Sadhwani Explained

Raunak Sadhwani
Country:India
Birth Date:22 December 2005
Birth Place:Nagpur, Maharashtra, India
Grandmaster (2020)
Peakrating:2654 (December 2023)
Peakranking:No. 76 (August 2024)
Fideid:35093487

Raunak Sadhwani (born 22 December 2005) is an Indian chess grandmaster.[1] [2] A chess prodigy, he became a grandmaster at the age of 13. He is the 10th youngest player in history and the 4th youngest Indian to be awarded the title as of December 2023.

Raunak was U-10 Commonwealth Champion in 2015 in New Delhi, India.[3]

At the 44th Chess Olympiad held in 2022 he was part of the second team from India that reached the third place in the open tournament.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Sadhwani, Raunak . 2020-10-25 . ratings.fide.com.
  2. News: Rao . Rakesh . 2019-10-20 . Raunak Sadhwani becomes India's 65th Grandmaster . en-IN . The Hindu . 2020-10-25 . 0971-751X.
  3. Web site: July 1, 2015 . Amit . Sampat . Four Nagpur masters claim gold in Commonwealth Chess . 2020-10-25 . The Times of India . en.