1. Vidit Gujrathi was born on 24 October 1994 and is an Indian chess grandmaster.
23 Facts About Vidit Gujrathi
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Vidit Gujrathi is the fourth Indian player to have crossed the Elo rating of 2700.
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Vidit Gujrathi is a double gold medalist at the Chess Olympiad.
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Vidit Gujrathi is a silver medalist at the Asian Games.
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Vidit Gujrathi became the third Indian to qualify for the Candidates tournament by winning Grand Swiss 2023.
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Vidit Santosh Gujrathi was born in Nashik to Santosh Gujrathi and Nikita Gujrathi, who are doctors.
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Vidit Gujrathi did his early schooling at Fravashi Academy and was coached in chess from an early age.
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Vidit Gujrathi scored 9 points out of a possible 11, clinching his final norm to become an International Master.
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Vidit Gujrathi finished 2nd in the U16 category of the World Youth Chess Championship in 2009, tying with the eventual winner S P Sethuraman at 9 points.
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Vidit Gujrathi made the first step towards becoming a grandmaster in January 2010 by reaching a 2500 rating.
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Vidit Gujrathi gained his second GM norm in the tournament.
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Vidit Gujrathi achieved his final GM norm at the age of 18 in the eighth round of the Rose Valley Kolkata Open Grandmasters' chess tournament in 2012, where he finished third.
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In 2013, Vidit Gujrathi won a bronze medal in the World Junior Chess Championship in Turkey in the Junior category.
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Vidit Gujrathi finished third in the Hyderabad International Grandmasters chess tournament in 2013, winning Rs 150,000.
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Vidit Gujrathi passed the 2600-rating threshold on the January 2014 rating list.
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Vidit Gujrathi finished in a tie for eighth with fellow wildcard Pentala Harikrishna.
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Vidit Gujrathi played in the Skilling Open, the first event of the Champions Chess Tour 2021.
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Vidit Gujrathi was the captain of the historic gold medal-winning Indian team in Online Chess Olympiad 2020.
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Vidit Gujrathi reached the round of 16, where he defeated Ian Nepomniachtchi to advance to the quarterfinals for his second consecutive World Cup.
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Vidit Gujrathi lost to Nijat Abasov in the quarterfinals, missing out on a chance to qualify for the Candidates Tournament.
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Vidit Gujrathi played in the FIDE Grand Swiss Tournament 2023 from 25 October to 5 November 2023.
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Vidit Gujrathi finished sixth in the Candidates Tournament 2024, notably defeating Hikaru Nakamura in both of their games.
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In March 2025, Vidit Gujrathi won the Paris Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Play-In and qualified for Paris Freestyle Chess Grand Slam which will be held in April.