Harshit Raja

Harshit Raja
Raja Harshit in Grenke Chess Open 2019
Personal information
Born (2001-04-03) 3 April 2001 (age 25)
Pune, Maharashtra, India
Chess career
CountryIndia
TitleGrandmaster (2022)
FIDE rating2506 (November 2026)
Peak rating2522 (August 2023)

Harshit Harnish Raja (born 2001) is a chess grandmaster from Pune, India. He became India's 69th Grandmaster in 2021, at the age of 20.

Chess career

In 2014, Harshit finished 2nd in the National Chess Championship U13 taking place in Jamshedpur, and won the School Games Federation of India's National School Games, taking place in Tamil Nadu. In 2015, he participated in the World Youth Chess Championship finishing 15th. Harshit became an International Master in 2017. He received the Shiv Chhatrapati Award in 2019. He met all the requirements for the title of Grandmaster in 2021, becoming India's 69th Grandmaster.

Personal life

Harshit studied at the Trulaske College of Business of the University of Missouri.

References

  1. ↑ "IM Harshit Harnish Raja".
  2. ↑ "Breaking News: India gets its 69th GM - Harshit Raja - ChessBase India". www.chessbase.in. 4 August 2021. Archived from the original on 30 September 2023. Retrieved 21 February 2024.
  3. ↑ "Meet Harshit Raja, India's 69th chess Grandmaster". The Indian Express. 5 August 2021. Archived from the original on 22 September 2021. Retrieved 22 February 2024.
  4. ↑ "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - World Youth Ch 2015 - Open under 14". chess-results.com. Retrieved 22 February 2024.
  5. ↑ "Seven Maharashtra players honoured with the Shiv Chhatrapati award - ChessBase India". www.chessbase.in. 21 February 2019. Archived from the original on 8 June 2023. Retrieved 22 February 2024.
  6. ↑ "India's 69th GM Harshit Raja keen on striking balance between studies and chess". The Times of India. 4 August 2021. Retrieved 22 February 2024.
  7. ↑ "IM Harshit Raja secures admission in the University of Missouri - ChessBase India". www.chessbase.in. 24 September 2020. Retrieved 22 February 2024.