- Pendyala Harikrishna
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Pendyala Harikrishna 
Full name Pendyala Harikrishna Country 
IndiaBorn May 10, 1986
Guntur, Andhra Pradesh, IndiaTitle Grandmaster FIDE rating 2669
(No. 76 on the July 2011 FIDE World Rankings)Peak rating 2686 (April 2009) Pendyala Harikrishna (Telugu: పెండ్యాల హరికృష్ణ; born May 10, 1986) is a chess player from Guntur, Andhra Pradesh, India. Harikrishna became the youngest grandmaster from India in 2001. He is No. 3 in India after Viswanathan Anand & Krishnan Sasikiran, No. 8 in Asia & ranked 76th in the world as per FIDE rating as on July 2011.
In November 2004, he won the World Junior Chess Championship. In August 2006, he won the Chess960 (Fischer Random) Junior Chess Championship, beating Arkadij Naiditsch 4.5-3.5 in the final.[1] In May 2011 he won the Asian Chess Championship.[2]
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Championships
- World under-10 championship, 1996, Menorca (Spain), Gold.
- World under-12 rapid championship, 1996, Paris, Silver.
- Children's Olympiad, 1998, Istanbul, Gold.
- Commonwealth championship, 2000, Sangli, Gold (under-18).
- India's youngest International Master, 2000.
- Asian under-14 championship, 2000, Tehran, 2000–01, Gold.
- National 'A' championship, 2000, Mumbai, Fifth.
- Asian junior championship, 2000, Mumbai, Silver.
- 2000 Chess Olympiad, Istanbul, First Grandmaster (GM) norm.
- Corus tournament, 2001, Wijk aan Zee, Second GM norm.[3]
- National 'A' championship, 2000, New Delhi, Fifth.
- Asian junior championship, 2001, Tehran, Silver.
- Asian championship, 2001, Kolkata, Tenth; Qualified for World championship; Final GM norm.
- India's youngest GM, 2001.
- Ron Banwell MSO Masters tournament, 2001, London, Gold.
- Commonwealth championship, 2001, London, Gold.
- Hastings International Chess Congress, 2001/02, tied for 1st-3rd.[4]
- World Junior Champion, 2004.[5]
- Tiayuan Chess Tournament (FIDE Category 15) in China on 20 July 2005, Clear First.[6]
- 9th Essent Tournament Hoogeveen, 2005, Clear First.[7]
- Bermuda Invitational Tournament, 2005, Shared First with Boris Gelfand.[8]
- Pamplona International Tournament, 2005, Shared Second with Ivan Cheparinov.[9]
- Reykjavik Open, 2006, Shared First.[10]
- 4th Marx Gyorgy Memorial tournament in Hungary, 2006, clear First.[11]
- Ordix Open 2006 (Rapid chess) - Shared Third.[12]
- Beats Arkady Naiditsch in Mainz, 2006 to become Chess960 World Junior Champion.[13]
Notable chess games
- Pentala Harikrishna vs Zhong Zhang, Premier 2002, French Defense: Normal Variation (C00), 1-0
- Pentala Harikrishna vs Liviu Dieter Nisipeanu, Pune Super GM 2004, Nimzo-Indian Defense: Classical Variation (E32), 1-0
- Pentala Harikrishna vs Xu Jun, FIDE World Championship Knockout Tournament 2004, Benoni Defense: Taimanov Variation (A67), 1-0
- Pentala Harikrishna vs Leinier Dominguez-Perez, Bermuda 2005, Caro-Kann Defense: Accelerated Panov Attack, Modern Variation (B10), 1-0
- Pentala Harikrishna vs Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, Aerosvit GM Tournament 2006, Four Knights Game: Scotch Variation, Krause Gambit (C47), 1-0
- Nigel Short vs Pentala Harikrishna, Montreal International 2007, Russian Game: French Attack (C42), 0-1
References
- ^ ChessBase.com - Chess News - Chess Classic Chess960 results, Anand and Aronian simuls
- ^ "Asian Individual Open Chess Championship 2011". Chess-Results.com. 2011-05-10. http://www.chess-results.com/tnr49118.aspx?art=4&lan=1&wi=1000. Retrieved 10 May 2011.
- ^ Stunning performance by Radjabov - 2001 Corus Chess Tournament - The Realm of the Citadel
- ^ "77th Hastings Chess Congress 2001-2 Premier Results". HastingsChess.org.uk. http://www.hastingschess.org.uk/2002/h2002_022.htm. Retrieved 6 January 2010.
- ^ "World Juniors Champ.". FIDE. http://ratings.fide.com/tournament_report.phtml?event16=29392. Retrieved 7 May 2011.
- ^ Harikrishna wins title in China
- ^ ChessBase.com - Chess News - Harikrishna wins Essent Crown Group
- ^ "BER Fest. Invitational". FIDE. http://ratings.fide.com/tournament_report.phtml?event16=30383. Retrieved 7 May 2011.
- ^ The Week in Chess 582
- ^ Harikrishna joint-winner in Reykjavik
- ^ ChessBase.com - Chess News - Harikrishna wins György Marx Memorial
- ^ "Chess Classic Kasimdzhanov wins the Ordix Open". ChessBase.com. 2006-08-22. http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=3302. Retrieved 7 May 2011.
- ^ "Chess Classic: Chess960 results, Anand and Aronian simuls". ChessBase. http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=3293. Retrieved 2009-11-12.
External links
- P Harikrishna site
- FIDE rating card for P. Harikrishna
- Pendyala Harikrishna player profile at ChessGames.com
- Pendyala Harikrishna at 365Chess.com
- Lack of sponsors may force Harikrishna to quit chess
- Anand felicitates Harikrishna
- Statistics at ChessWorld.net
- Rating data
- Interview with Grandmaster P Harikrishna
Categories:- 1986 births
- Living people
- People from Andhra Pradesh
- Chess grandmasters
- Chess Olympiad competitors
- Indian chess players
- World Youth Chess Champions
- Telugu people
- World Junior Chess Champions
- Recipients of the Arjuna Award
- Asian Games medalists in chess
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