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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Indian chess grandmaster (born 2006)}}<br />
{{Indian patronymic|Aditya|Sachin Samant}}<br />
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{{Use Indian English|date=August 2025}}<br />
{{Infobox chess player<br />
| country = [[India]]<br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|2006|9|9}}<ref name="aicf_national-sub-junior-boys-girls-2019">{{cite web|url=https://aicf.in/national-sub-junior-boys-girls-2019-list-of-players/|title=National Sub Junior Boys & Girls 2019 – List of players}}</ref><br />
| birth_place = [[Pune]], India<br />
| title = [[Grandmaster (chess)|Grandmaster]] (2023)<ref name="FIDEGM">{{cite web|url=https://ratings.fide.com/crt/main230519.pdf|title=FIDE Title Application (GM)}}</ref><br />
| peakrating = 2535 (January 2026)<br />
| FideID = 35080580<br />
}}<br />
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'''Aditya Sachin Samant''' (born 2006) is an Indian [[chess]] grandmaster.<br />
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==Career==<br />
Aditya began playing chess at the age of 6.<ref name="base">{{cite web|url=https://www.chessbase.in/news/Aditya-S-Samant-becomes-Indias-83rd-and-Maharashtras-12th-Grandmaster|title=Aditya S Samant becomes India's 83rd and Maharashtra's 12th Grandmaster|date=19 August 2023|first=Shahid|last=Ahmed}}</ref> He trained under Chandrashekhar Gokhale, Jayant Gokhale, [[Abhijit Kunte]], and [[Alexander Goloshchapov]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/pune/samant-15-becomes-im-with-home-norm/articleshow/92047279.cms|title=Pune: Aditya Samant, 15, becomes International Master with home norm|date=7 June 2022|first=Amit|last=Karmarkar |website=[[The Times of India]] }}</ref><br />
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Aditya earned his first GM norm at the Abu Dhabi Masters in August 2022 and his second GM norm at the El Llobregat Open in December 2023. He also crossed the 2500 rating mark in May 2023.<ref name="base"/><br />
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In July 2023, Aditya became a grandmaster after earning his final norm at the Master Tournament of the Biel International Chess Festival by drawing against [[Bu Xiangzhi]] in the 8th round of the 9-round tournament.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/sports/chess/aditya-samant-becomes-indias-83rd-grandmaster-at-biel-master-tournament-8861741/|title=Aditya Samant becomes India's 83rd Grandmaster at Biel Master Tournament|date=27 July 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/chess/aditya-samant-becomes-indias-83rd-chess-grandmaster/articleshow/102147179.cms|title=Aditya Samant becomes India's 83rd chess Grandmaster|date=26 July 2023|newspaper=The Times of India|accessdate=5 August 2025}}</ref> He only needed to play the final game against [[Aryan Chopra]] to secure the title, regardless of the game's result.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.outlookindia.com/sports/aditya-samant-becomes-india-s-83rd-chess-grandmaster-news-305922|title=Aditya Samant becomes India's 83rd chess Grandmaster|date=26 July 2023}}</ref><br />
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==Personal life==<br />
Aditya is studying computer science at the [[University of Texas at Dallas]].<ref name="utdallas_chess-team">{{cite web|url=https://chess.utdallas.edu/team-club/chess-team/#:~:text=The%20UT%20Dallas%20Chess%20Team|title=Chess Team}}</ref> He previously studied science at the CBSE, Suryadatta National School, Pune and in Abhinava Vidyalaya English Medium Primary School.<ref name="base"/><br />
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==References==<br />
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{{Indian grandmasters}}<br />
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[[Category:Living people]]<br />
[[Category:2006 births]]<br />
[[Category:Chess Grandmasters]]<br />
[[Category:Sportspeople from Pune]]<br />
[[Category:University of Texas at Dallas alumni]]<br />
[[Category:21st-century Indian chess players]]</div>BGRDoreen32