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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Indian chess grandmaster (born 2001)}}<br />
{{Indian patronymic|Harikrishnan|Amirthavalli Rangarajan}}<br />
{{Infobox chess player<br />
| country = [[India]]<br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|2001|9|22}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Chennai]], India<br />
| title = [[Grandmaster (chess)|Grandmaster]] (2025)<ref name="FIDEGM">{{cite web|url=https://ratings.fide.com/crt/main233547.pdf|title=FIDE Title Application (GM)}}</ref><br />
| peakrating = 2536 (November 2025)<br />
| FideID = 5081483<br />
}}<br />
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'''Harikrishnan Amirthavalli Rangarajan''' is an Indian [[chess]] grandmaster. He is coached by grandmaster [[Shyam Sundar M.]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/sports/chess/harikrishnan-a-ra-india-87th-grandmaster-chess-10122564/|title=Meet Harikrishnan A Ra, India's 87th grandmaster|date=July 12, 2025|first=Amit|last=Kamath}}</ref><br />
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==Chess career==<br />
In April 2024, he won the Noisiel Blitz Rating Open with a perfect score of 9/9. He also finished with an unbeaten 7/9 score in the >1900 Open A event, finishing in third place after tiebreaks behind [[Li Min Peng]] and Marco Materia.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.chessbase.in/news/Harikrishnan-A-Ra-dominates-2nd-Noisiel-Blitz-Rating-Open-2024|title=Harikrishnan A Ra dominates 2nd Noisiel Blitz Rating Open 2024, third in Classical|date=May 7, 2024|first=Shahid|last=Ahmed}}</ref><br />
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In May 2024, he tied for first with grandmaster [[Abdulla Gadimbayli]] in the Ljubljana Chess Festival with a score of 7.5/9, losing in the tiebreaks and being ranked in second place.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.chessbase.in/news/Abdulla-Gadimbayli-wins-Ljubljana-Chess-Festival-2024-Harikrishnan-A-Ra-second|title=Abdulla Gadimbayli wins Ljubljana Chess Festival 2024, Harikrishnan A Ra second|date=May 17, 2024|first=Shahid|last=Ahmed}}</ref><br />
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In July 2025, he became India's 87th Grandmaster after a draw against grandmaster [[P. Iniyan]] in the final game of the La Plagne International Chess Festival.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/sport/other-sports/harikrishnan-a-ra-becomes-indias-87th-grandmaster/article69803683.ece|title=Harikrishnan A Ra becomes India's 87th Grandmaster|date=July 12, 2025}}</ref><br />
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