15 Facts About Akshat Chandra

Akshat Chandra was born on May 28,1999 and is an American chess player.

Akshat Chandra started playing Chess during a visit to India in 2009 when he was nine years old.

Akshat Chandra earned the FIDE title of Grandmaster in March 2017.

Akshat Chandra represented India until 2012 before switching to the United States.

Akshat Chandra was consistently ranked as the number one player in the US in his age category since 2013.

At the age of 14, Chandra won the gold at the North American Youth Championship, U-18 section, in Toronto, Canada.

Since April 2014, Akshat Chandra has remained the highest USCF rated Junior Rapid Chess player in the country.

Akshat Chandra was awarded the Grandmaster title in March 2017.

Akshat Chandra is the only player to have finished sole first in the top two US collegiate open tournaments - the UTD FIDE and the Spice Cup.

In December 2021, Akshat Chandra tied for 1st place at the 2021 Charlotte Open alongside Grandmasters Titas Stremavicius, Cemil Can Ali Marandi, Tanguy Ringoir, Robby Kevlishvili, and then-IM Christopher Yoo.

Besides growing up in the US, Akshat Chandra lived in India for a few years, and in Europe in 2012.

When his family had relocated to India, Akshat Chandra was drawn to Chess.

Akshat Chandra is a writer, and documented his journey from a beginner to Grandmaster level on his blog Quest to GM, which was then converted to a personal website.

Akshat Chandra was the youngest regular writer for Chessbase, and contributed articles to the USCF official website.

Akshat Chandra received the 2016 US Chess Trust Scholar-Player award, sponsored by the US Chess Trust and the National Scholastic Chess Foundation.