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{{Indian patronymic|Raja Rithvik|Rajavaram}}<br />
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|image = Raja rithvik mugshot.jpg<br />
| country = [[India]]<br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|2004|5|4}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Hyderabad]], India<br />
| title = [[Grandmaster (chess)|Grandmaster]] (2022)<ref name="FIDEGM">{{cite web|url=https://ratings.fide.com/crt/main229350.pdf|title=FIDE Title Application (GM)}}</ref><br />
| peakrating = 2557 (June 2025)<br />
| FideID = 35007394<br />
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'''Raja Rithvik Rajavaram''' is an Indian [[chess]] grandmaster. He became a grandmaster at the age of 17.<br />
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==Career==<br />
In June 2018, he defeated grandmaster [[Valeriy Neverov]] (who was rated 200 points higher) in an upset in the fifth round of the 11th Mumbai Mayor's International Chess Tournament.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://scroll.in/field/881674/mumbai-mayors-cup-chess-raja-rithvik-upsets-gm-neverov-valeriy |title=Mumbai Mayor's Cup chess: Raja Rithvik upsets GM Neverov Valeriy|date=6 June 2018}}</ref><br />
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In August 2021, he achieved his second GM norm after defeating grandmaster [[Valentina Gunina]] at the Skalica Chess Festival and finishing in second place in the event.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.chessbase.in/news/IM-Raja-Rithvik-scores-his-second-GM-norm-at-Skalica-Open-Leon-finishes-third-in-Masters|title=IM Raja Rithvik scores second GM-norm at Skalica Open, Leon finishes third in Masters|first=Shahid|last=Ahmed|date=6 September 2021}}</ref><br />
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In September 2021, he completed all of the requirements for the Grandmaster title by surpassing the 2500 rating mark at the Vezerkepzo GM Tournament in Budapest. He became India's 70th Grandmaster.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/sport/other-sports/raja-rithvik-becomes-a-grandmaster/article36545336.ece|title=Raja Rithvik becomes a Grandmaster|work=The Hindu |date=19 September 2021}}</ref><br />
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In December 2022, he won the Chessable Sunway Sitges Blitz tournament with an undefeated score of 8.5/9.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.chessbase.in/news/9th-Chessable-Sunway-Sitges-Blitz-18-12-report |title=Raja Rithvik decimates 9th Chessable Sunway Sitges Blitz 18/12, Adhiban third|first=Shahid|last=Ahmed|date=20 December 2022}}</ref><br />
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In January 2023, he was leading the [[Rilton Cup]] after the fifth round.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://en.chessbase.com/post/rilton-cup-indian-grandmaster-raja-rithvik-leads-after-five-rounds |title=Rilton Cup: Indian Grandmaster Raja Rithvik leads after five rounds|first=Andre|last=Schulz|date=2 January 2023}}</ref><br />
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In April 2023, he was a joint leader after the fifth round of the Chessable Sunway Formentera.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.chessbase.in/news/2nd-Chessable-Sunway-Formentera-2023-Round-5-report |title=2nd Chessable Sunway Formentera R5: Raja Rithvik and Pranav Venkatesh make it a five-way lead|first=Shahid|last=Ahmed|date=23 April 2023}}</ref><br />
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In March 2024, he won the silver medal in the Indian National Blitz Chess Championship, finishing behind [[Diptayan Ghosh]] in a field of over 220 players.<ref name="blitz">{{cite news|url=https://telanganatoday.com/telanganas-rithvik-bags-silver-at-national-blitz-chess-championship |title=Telangana's Rithvik bags silver at National Blitz Chess Championship|work=Telangana Today|date=7 March 2024|accessdate=3 August 2025}}</ref><br />
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==Personal life==<br />
Raja Rithvik's parents are Srinivasa Rao Rajavaram, an Electrical Engineer, and Deepika. Srinivasa Rao is originally from [[Manthani]] in the combined Karimnagar district of Telangana. Deepika was working as a lecturer but left her job to support Raja Rithvik's chess journey. Rithvik spent his formative years in Warangal. Raja Rithvik is an engineering student at [[KL University]] in Hyderabad.<ref name="blitz"/><br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:21st-century Indian chess players]]</div>Janni