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{{Short description|Indian chess grandmaster (born 2001)}}
{{Indian patronymic|Harshit|Raja}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2025}}
{{Use Indian English|date=August 2025}}
{{Infobox chess biography
| name = Harshit Raja
| image = Raja Harshit 2019 Karlsruhe.jpg
| caption = Raja Harshit in Grenke Chess Open 2019
| country = [[India]]
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|2001|4|3}}
| birth_place = [[Pune]], [[Maharashtra]], India
| title = [[Grandmaster (chess)|Grandmaster]] (2022)
| rating =
| peakrating = 2522 (August 2023)
| FideID = 5089000
}}
'''Harshit Raja''' (born 2001) is a [[chess grandmaster]] from [[Pune]], [[India]]. He became India's 69th Grandmaster in 2021, at the age of 20.<ref name=CBIndiaGM>{{cite web |title=Breaking News: India gets its 69th GM - Harshit Raja - ChessBase India |url=https://www.chessbase.in/news/India-gets-its-69th-GM-Harshit-Raja |website=www.chessbase.in |access-date=21 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230930122616/https://www.chessbase.in/news/India-gets-its-69th-GM-Harshit-Raja |archive-date=30 September 2023 |date=4 August 2021 |url-status=live }}</ref>

== 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]].<ref name="TimesOfIndia">{{cite web |title=Meet Harshit Raja, India's 69th chess Grandmaster |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/pune/meet-harshit-raja-indias-69th-chess-grandmaster-7440273/ |website=The Indian Express |access-date=22 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210922053351/https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/pune/meet-harshit-raja-indias-69th-chess-grandmaster-7440273/ |archive-date=22 September 2021 |language=en |date=5 August 2021 |url-status=live }}</ref>
In 2015, he participated in the [[World Youth Chess Championship]] finishing 15th.<ref>{{cite web |title=Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - World Youth Ch 2015 - Open under 14 |url=https://chess-results.com/tnr187415.aspx?lan=1&art=1&flag=30 |website=chess-results.com |access-date=22 February 2024}}</ref>
Harshit became an [[chess titles#International Master|International Master]] in 2017. He received the [[Shiv Chhatrapati Award]] in 2019.<ref>{{cite web |title=Seven Maharashtra players honoured with the Shiv Chhatrapati award - ChessBase India |url=https://chessbase.in/news/Shiv-Chhatrapati-awards-2019 |website=www.chessbase.in |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230608062524/https://chessbase.in/news/Shiv-Chhatrapati-awards-2019 |archive-date=8 June 2023 |date=21 February 2019 |access-date=22 February 2024 |url-status=live }}</ref> He met all the requirements for the title of Grandmaster in 2021, becoming India's 69th Grandmaster.<ref>{{cite web |title=India's 69th GM Harshit Raja keen on striking balance between studies and chess |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/chess/indias-69th-gm-harshit-raja-keen-on-striking-balance-between-studies-and-chess/articleshow/85040549.cms |website=The Times of India |access-date=22 February 2024 |date=4 August 2021}}</ref>

== Personal life ==
Harshit studied at the [[Trulaske College of Business]] of the [[University of Missouri]].<ref>{{cite web |title=IM Harshit Raja secures admission in the University of Missouri - ChessBase India |url=https://chessbase.in/news/Harshit-Raja-enrolls-in-the-Missouri-University |website=www.chessbase.in |access-date=22 February 2024 |date=24 September 2020}}</ref>

== References ==

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== External links ==
*{{Fide|5089000}}
*{{Chessgames player|151626}}
*{{365Chess.com player|Raja_Harshit}}
{{Indian GMs}}

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[[Category:2001 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Chess Grandmasters]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Pune]]
[[Category:University of Missouri alumni]]
[[Category:21st-century Indian chess players]]

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