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==Chess career== | ==Chess career== | ||
He achieved the [[Norm (chess)|norm]]s required for the GM title at the [[Andorra]] Open 2006, [[New Delhi]] (Parswnath) 2007 and [[Balaguer]] 2007 tournaments.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://ratings.fide.com/title_applications.phtml?details=1&id=5010608&title=GM&pb=18 | title=Title Applications - Grand Master (GM) - Abhijeet Gupta | publisher=FIDE | access-date=12 April 2018 }}</ref> | He achieved the [[Norm (chess)|norm]]s required for the GM title at the [[Andorra]] Open 2006, [[New Delhi]] (Parswnath) 2007 and [[Balaguer]] 2007 tournaments.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://ratings.fide.com/title_applications.phtml?details=1&id=5010608&title=GM&pb=18 | title=Title Applications - Grand Master (GM) - Abhijeet Gupta | publisher=FIDE | access-date=12 April 2018 }}</ref> | ||
On 15 August 2008, he won the [[World Junior Chess Championship]] in [[Gaziantep]], Turkey, ahead of many other strong players, including [[Maxim Rodshtein]], [[David Howell (chess player)|David Howell]] and [[Hou Yifan]]. He is the third Indian to win this prestigious championship, after [[Viswanathan Anand]] and [[Pentala Harikrishna]]. In the same year, he also won the 6th Parsvnath Open in [[New Delhi]].<ref>{{cite web|url= | On 15 August 2008, he won the [[World Junior Chess Championship]] in [[Gaziantep]], Turkey, ahead of many other strong players, including [[Maxim Rodshtein]], [[David Howell (chess player)|David Howell]] and [[Hou Yifan]]. He is the third Indian to win this prestigious championship, after [[Viswanathan Anand]] and [[Pentala Harikrishna]]. In the same year, he also won the 6th Parsvnath Open in [[New Delhi]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://theweekinchess.com/html/twic689.html#11|title=TWIC 689: 6th Parsvnath International Open|last=Crowther|first=Mark|date=2008-01-21|publisher=London Chess Center|access-date=28 November 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110930232255/http://chess.co.uk/twic/twic689.html#11|archive-date=30 September 2011|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref> In 2011, he came first in the 13th Dubai Open Chess Championship<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=7164|title=Indian GM Abhijeet Gupta wins Dubai Open|date=2011-04-20|publisher=ChessBase|access-date=23 April 2011}}</ref> and in the [[Indian Chess Championship|Indian National Premier Chess Championship]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Abhijeet Gupta Claims India Premier Chess Championship Oct 22, 2011|url=http://www.chessdom.com/abhijeet-gupta-claims-india-premier-chess-championship/|publisher=Chessdom|access-date=8 January 2016|date=2011-10-22}}</ref> In 2013 Gupta won the [[Commonwealth Chess Championship]] and the [[Al Ain]] Chess Classic tournament.<ref>{{cite web|title=Abhijeet Gupta first in Al Ain Chess Classic|url=http://www.chessdom.com/abhijeet-gupta-first-in-al-ain-chess-classic/|publisher=Chessdom|access-date=18 November 2015|date=2013-12-28}}</ref> In the same year he received the [[Arjuna award]] for his achievements. Gupta took clear first in the 8th [[Georgy Agzamov]] Memorial, held in [[Tashkent]] in May 2014.<ref>{{cite web|title=Abhijeet Gupta clear first in Agzamov Memorial 2014|url=http://www.chessdom.com/abhijeet-gupta-clear-first-in-agzamov-memorial-2014/|publisher=Chessdom|access-date=9 January 2016|date=2014-05-25}}</ref> He won the Commonwealth championship again in 2015<ref>{{cite web|title=Abhijeet Gupta wins Commonwealth Chess Championship|url=http://www.chessdom.com/abhijeet-gupta-wins-commonwealth-chess-championship/|publisher=Chessdom|access-date=1 November 2015|date=2015-06-30}}</ref> and later that year the [[Hoogeveen]] Open.<ref>{{cite web|last=Silver|first=Albert|title=Experience wins out at Hoogeveen|url=http://en.chessbase.com/post/experience-wins-out-at-hoogeveen|publisher=ChessBase|access-date=1 November 2015|date=2015-10-25}}</ref> In 2016, Gupta won the [[Reykjavik Open]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.chessdom.com/gm-abhijeet-gupta-storms-through-reykjavik-open-2016/|title=GM Abhijeet Gupta storms through Reykjavik Open 2016|publisher=Chessdom|access-date=17 March 2016}}</ref> and his third Commonwealth championship title in [[Kalutara]], Sri Lanka.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.dailynews.lk/?q=2016/08/19/sports/90797|title=Gupta and Sachdev overall champions of Commonwealth Open Chess|date=2016-08-19|work=[[Daily News (Sri Lanka)|Daily News]]|access-date=2016-08-31}}</ref> In 2020, Gupta won the 8th Delhi international open with a score of 8.5/10.<ref>{{Cite web|title=18th Delhi International Open Grandmasters Chess Tournament 2020 CAt "A" February 2020 India FIDE Chess Tournament report|url=https://ratings.fide.com/report.phtml?event=221893|access-date=2021-04-05|website=ratings.fide.com}}</ref> | ||
Abhijeet Gupta played for the Indian national team in the [[2012 Chess Olympiad]] in [[Istanbul]], Turkey, where he won an individual silver medal thanks to his rating performance of 2746 on board 4.<ref>[http://www.olimpbase.org/players/h71jv53f.html Men's Chess Olympiad: Abhijeet Gupta]. OlimpBase</ref> | Abhijeet Gupta played for the Indian national team in the [[2012 Chess Olympiad]] in [[Istanbul]], Turkey, where he won an individual silver medal thanks to his rating performance of 2746 on board 4.<ref>[http://www.olimpbase.org/players/h71jv53f.html Men's Chess Olympiad: Abhijeet Gupta]. OlimpBase</ref> | ||