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Parimarjan Negi
Parimarjan Negi
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Country	India
Born	9 February 1993 (age 33); New Delhi, India
Title	Grandmaster (2006)
FIDE rating	Template:Elo rating Template:Elo rating
Peak rating	2671 (October 2013)
Peak ranking	No. 73 (June 2015)

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Parimarjan Negi (born 9 February 1993) is an Indian chess grandmaster. He achieved the grandmaster title at the age of 13 years, 4 months, and 20 days, which made him the second youngest grandmaster in history at the time. As of June 2025,^[update] he is the ninth youngest player to achieve this feat.

Negi is an Indian and Asian champion. He played on the top board for the bronze medal-winning Indian team in the 2014 Chess Olympiad in Tromsø, Norway.

He was granted the Arjuna Award in 2010 by the Government of India.^[1]

Chess career[edit | edit source]

Parimarjan Negi won the under 10 division at the Asian Youth Chess Championship in 2002 in Tehran.^[2]^[3] He achieved his first grandmaster norm at the 2005/06 Hastings International Chess Congress.^[4] Soon after he earned his second GM norm at the 4th Parsvnath International Open Chess Tournament in Delhi.^[5] Negi earned his third and final GM norm on 1 July 2006 by drawing with Russian Grandmaster Ruslan Shcherbakov at the Chelyabinsk Region Superfinal Championship in Satka, Russia, where he finished with six points from nine rounds. Negi thus became the youngest chess grandmaster ever in India, breaking Pentala Harikrishna's record, and the second youngest ever in the world.^[6]

Negi won the strong Philadelphia International Open Tournament in June 2008 with a score of 7/9, and was undefeated.^[7] In August 2008, he finished second, behind Abhijeet Gupta, at the World Junior Chess Championship in Gaziantep.^[8] In 2009 he won the Politiken Cup in Copenhagen with 8.5/10, on tiebreaks over Boris Avrukh,^[9] and the 6th IGB Dato' Arthur Tan Malaysia Open in Kuala Lumpur.^[10]

Parimarjan Negi won the 48th National Premier Chess Championship on 22 December 2010 in New Delhi.^[11]

In 2012 Negi won the 11th Asian Chess Championship held in Ho Chi Minh City.^[12] He tied for first place in the Cappelle-la-Grande Open in 2012 and 2013. In 2013, he also won the Politiken Cup for the second time.^[13]

By 2017 he had retired from chess.^[14]

Books[edit | edit source]

Parimarjan Negi (2014). 1.e4 vs The French, Caro-Kann and Philidor. Quality Chess. ISBN 978-1906552060.
Parimarjan Negi (2015). 1.e4 vs The Sicilian I. Quality Chess. ISBN 978-1-906552-39-8.
Parimarjan Negi (2015). 1.e4 vs The Sicilian II. Quality Chess. ISBN 978-1-907982-57-6.
Parimarjan Negi (2016). 1.e4 vs The Sicilian III. Quality Chess. ISBN 978-1-78483-023-6.

Personal life[edit | edit source]

Parimarjan Negi attended school at Amity International School in New Delhi. He then graduated from Stanford University as a Mathematics major in 2018. As of July 2021,^[update] he is a PhD student at the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).

References[edit | edit source]

↑ Upama Sinha (22 October 2010). "Chess mate". The Hindu. Retrieved 23 December 2013.
↑ "India bags four golds". The Hindu. 4 April 2002. Retrieved 6 May 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
↑ Asian Youth Under 10-12-14-16 Archived 1 December 2017 at the Wayback Machine. FIDE.
↑ "Parimarjan Negi – the Hero of Hastings". ChessBase. 9 January 2006. Archived from the original on 17 March 2016. Retrieved 5 February 2016.
↑ Vishal Sareen (1 February 2006). "Twelve-year-old Negi gets his second GM norm". ChessBase. Retrieved 5 February 2016.
↑ Vijay Kumar (5 July 2006). "Parimarjan Negi, India's youngest ever grandmaster". ChessBase. Archived from the original on 2 June 2016. Retrieved 5 February 2016.
↑ "Sports Briefs: Negi wins title". The Telegraph. 2 July 2008.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
↑ "Meet Abhijeet Gupta – meet the Junior World Champion". ChessBase. 21 August 2008. Archived from the original on 3 February 2016. Retrieved 8 November 2015.
↑ "Parimarjan Negi wins Politiken Cup". The Hindu. 27 July 2009. Archived from the original on 30 July 2009. Retrieved 27 July 2009.
↑ Mihajlova, Diana (11 September 2009). "Parimarjan in Paris – portrait of a young super-talent". ChessBase. Retrieved 1 November 2015.
↑ "Parimarjan Negi Wins India Premier Championship". Chessdom. 22 December 2010. Archived from the original on 22 January 2021. Retrieved 8 January 2016.
↑ "Parimarjan Negi". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 2 February 2014. Retrieved 15 May 2012.
↑ Rao, Rakesh (4 August 2013). "Parimarjan Negi". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 6 August 2013. Retrieved 13 August 2013.
↑ Why did Parimarjan Negi quit chess? Archived 15 July 2021 at the Wayback Machine, Chessbase India, 11/08/2017

External links[edit | edit source]

Parimarjan Negi rating card at FIDE
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The Hindu : Sport / Chess : Negi is world's youngest GM at the Wayback Machine (archived 2007-10-01)
Chessdom - Parimarjan Negi wins Delhi State blitz Archived 26 March 2015 at the Wayback Machine

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[arjuna-1] Upama Sinha (22 October 2010). "Chess mate". The Hindu. Retrieved 23 December 2013.

[2] "India bags four golds". The Hindu. 4 April 2002. Retrieved 6 May 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)

[3] Asian Youth Under 10-12-14-16 Archived 1 December 2017 at the Wayback Machine. FIDE.

[4] "Parimarjan Negi – the Hero of Hastings". ChessBase. 9 January 2006. Archived from the original on 17 March 2016. Retrieved 5 February 2016.

[5] Vishal Sareen (1 February 2006). "Twelve-year-old Negi gets his second GM norm". ChessBase. Retrieved 5 February 2016.

[6] Vijay Kumar (5 July 2006). "Parimarjan Negi, India's youngest ever grandmaster". ChessBase. Archived from the original on 2 June 2016. Retrieved 5 February 2016.

[7] "Sports Briefs: Negi wins title". The Telegraph. 2 July 2008.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)

[8] "Meet Abhijeet Gupta – meet the Junior World Champion". ChessBase. 21 August 2008. Archived from the original on 3 February 2016. Retrieved 8 November 2015.

[9] "Parimarjan Negi wins Politiken Cup". The Hindu. 27 July 2009. Archived from the original on 30 July 2009. Retrieved 27 July 2009.

[10] Mihajlova, Diana (11 September 2009). "Parimarjan in Paris – portrait of a young super-talent". ChessBase. Retrieved 1 November 2015.

[11] "Parimarjan Negi Wins India Premier Championship". Chessdom. 22 December 2010. Archived from the original on 22 January 2021. Retrieved 8 January 2016.

[12] "Parimarjan Negi". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 2 February 2014. Retrieved 15 May 2012.

[13] Rao, Rakesh (4 August 2013). "Parimarjan Negi". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 6 August 2013. Retrieved 13 August 2013.

[14] Why did Parimarjan Negi quit chess? Archived 15 July 2021 at the Wayback Machine, Chessbase India, 11/08/2017

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-'''Parimarjan Negi''' (born 9 February 1993) is an Indian [[chess]] [[Grandmaster (chess)|grandmaster]]. He achieved the grandmaster title at the age of 13 years, 4 months, and 20 days, which made him the [[Chess prodigy|second youngest grandmaster in history]] at the time. As of July 2021, he is the seventh player to achieve this feat.
+'''Parimarjan Negi''' (born 9 February 1993) is an Indian [[Grandmaster (chess)|chess grandmaster]]. He achieved the grandmaster title at the age of 13 years, 4 months, and 20 days, which made him the [[Chess prodigy|second youngest grandmaster in history]] at the time. {{As of|2025|6|post=,}} he is the ninth youngest player to achieve this feat.
 Negi is an Indian and Asian champion. He played on the top board for the bronze medal-winning Indian team in the [[2014 Chess Olympiad]] in [[Tromsø]], Norway.
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 ==Chess career==
-Parimarjan Negi won the under 10 division at the Asian Youth Chess Championship in 2002 in [[Tehran]].<ref>{{cite web|title=India bags four golds|url=http://www.thehindu.com/2002/04/04/stories/2002040406162200.htm|archive-url=https://archive.today/20161101071647/http://www.thehindu.com/2002/04/04/stories/2002040406162200.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=2016-11-01|access-date=6 May 2016|work=[[The Hindu]]|date=2002-04-04}}</ref><ref>[https://www.fide.com/index.php?option=com_fidecalendar&view=archiveview&aid=712 Asian Youth Under 10-12-14-16]. FIDE.</ref> He achieved his first grandmaster [[Norm (chess)|norm]] at the 2005/06 [[Hastings International Chess Congress]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Parimarjan Negi – the Hero of Hastings|url=http://en.chessbase.com/post/parimarjan-negi-the-hero-of-hastings|publisher=ChessBase|access-date=5 February 2016|date=2006-01-09}}</ref> Soon after he earned his second GM norm at the 4th Parsvnath International Open Chess Tournament in Delhi.<ref>{{cite web|author1=Vishal Sareen|title=Twelve-year-old Negi gets his second GM norm|url=http://en.chessbase.com/post/twelve-year-old-negi-gets-his-second-gm-norm|publisher=ChessBase|access-date=5 February 2016|date=2006-02-01}}</ref> Negi earned his third and final GM norm on 1 July 2006 by drawing with Russian Grandmaster [[Ruslan Sherbakov]] at the [[Chelyabinsk Oblast|Chelyabinsk Region]] Superfinal Championship in [[Satka]], [[Russia]], where he finished with six points from nine rounds. Negi thus became the youngest chess grandmaster ever in India, breaking [[Pentala Harikrishna]]'s record, and the second youngest ever in the world.<ref>{{cite web|author1=Vijay Kumar|title=Parimarjan Negi, India's youngest ever grandmaster|url=http://en.chessbase.com/post/parimarjan-negi-india-s-youngest-ever-grandmaster/41|publisher=ChessBase|access-date=5 February 2016|date=2006-07-05}}</ref>
+Parimarjan Negi won the under 10 division at the Asian Youth Chess Championship in 2002 in [[Tehran]].<ref>{{cite web|title=India bags four golds|url=http://www.thehindu.com/2002/04/04/stories/2002040406162200.htm|archive-url=https://archive.today/20161101071647/http://www.thehindu.com/2002/04/04/stories/2002040406162200.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=2016-11-01|access-date=6 May 2016|work=[[The Hindu]]|date=2002-04-04}}</ref><ref>[https://www.fide.com/index.php?option=com_fidecalendar&view=archiveview&aid=712 Asian Youth Under 10-12-14-16] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201080957/https://www.fide.com/index.php?option=com_fidecalendar&view=archiveview&aid=712 |date=1 December 2017 }}. FIDE.</ref> He achieved his first grandmaster [[Norm (chess)|norm]] at the 2005/06 [[Hastings International Chess Congress]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Parimarjan Negi – the Hero of Hastings|url=http://en.chessbase.com/post/parimarjan-negi-the-hero-of-hastings|publisher=ChessBase|access-date=5 February 2016|date=2006-01-09|archive-date=17 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160317231911/http://en.chessbase.com/post/parimarjan-negi-the-hero-of-hastings|url-status=live}}</ref> Soon after he earned his second GM norm at the 4th Parsvnath International Open Chess Tournament in Delhi.<ref>{{cite web|author1=Vishal Sareen|title=Twelve-year-old Negi gets his second GM norm|url=http://en.chessbase.com/post/twelve-year-old-negi-gets-his-second-gm-norm|publisher=ChessBase|access-date=5 February 2016|date=2006-02-01}}</ref> Negi earned his third and final GM norm on 1 July 2006 by drawing with Russian Grandmaster [[Ruslan Shcherbakov]] at the [[Chelyabinsk Oblast|Chelyabinsk Region]] Superfinal Championship in [[Satka]], [[Russia]], where he finished with six points from nine rounds. Negi thus became the youngest chess grandmaster ever in India, breaking [[Pentala Harikrishna]]'s record, and the second youngest ever in the world.<ref>{{cite web|author1=Vijay Kumar|title=Parimarjan Negi, India's youngest ever grandmaster|url=http://en.chessbase.com/post/parimarjan-negi-india-s-youngest-ever-grandmaster/41|publisher=ChessBase|access-date=5 February 2016|date=2006-07-05|archive-date=2 June 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160602193755/http://en.chessbase.com/post/parimarjan-negi-india-s-youngest-ever-grandmaster/41|url-status=live}}</ref>
-Negi won the strong [[Philadelphia]] International Open Tournament in June 2008 with a score of 7/9, and was undefeated.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1080702/jsp/sports/story_9492719.jsp|title=Sports Briefs: Negi wins title|work=[[The Telegraph (Kolkata)|The Telegraph]]|date=2 July 2008}}</ref> In August 2008, he finished second, behind [[Abhijeet Gupta]], at the [[World Junior Chess Championship]] in [[Gazientep]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Meet Abhijeet Gupta – meet the Junior World Champion|url=http://en.chessbase.com/post/meet-abhijeet-gupta-meet-the-junior-world-champion|publisher=ChessBase|access-date=8 November 2015|date=2008-08-21}}</ref> In 2009 he won the [[Politiken Cup]] in [[Copenhagen]] with 8.5/10, on tiebreaks over [[Boris Avrukh]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hindu.com/2009/07/27/stories/2009072760861700.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090730210952/http://www.hindu.com/2009/07/27/stories/2009072760861700.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=30 July 2009|title=Parimarjan Negi wins Politiken Cup  |date=27 July 2009|work=[[The Hindu]]|access-date=2009-07-27}}</ref> and the 6th IGB [[Tan Chin Nam|Dato' Arthur Tan]] Malaysia Open in [[Kuala Lumpur]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Mihajlova|first=Diana|title=Parimarjan in Paris – portrait of a young super-talent|url=http://en.chessbase.com/post/parimarjan-in-paris-portrait-of-a-young-super-talent|publisher=ChessBase|access-date=1 November 2015|date=2009-09-11}}</ref>
+Negi won the strong [[Philadelphia]] International Open Tournament in June 2008 with a score of 7/9, and was undefeated.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1080702/jsp/sports/story_9492719.jsp|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120919011613/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1080702/jsp/sports/story_9492719.jsp|url-status=dead|archive-date=19 September 2012|title=Sports Briefs: Negi wins title|work=[[The Telegraph (Kolkata)|The Telegraph]]|date=2 July 2008}}</ref> In August 2008, he finished second, behind [[Abhijeet Gupta]], at the [[World Junior Chess Championship]] in [[Gaziantep]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Meet Abhijeet Gupta – meet the Junior World Champion|url=http://en.chessbase.com/post/meet-abhijeet-gupta-meet-the-junior-world-champion|publisher=ChessBase|access-date=8 November 2015|date=2008-08-21|archive-date=3 February 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160203225534/http://en.chessbase.com/post/meet-abhijeet-gupta-meet-the-junior-world-champion|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2009 he won the [[Politiken Cup]] in [[Copenhagen]] with 8.5/10, on tiebreaks over [[Boris Avrukh]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hindu.com/2009/07/27/stories/2009072760861700.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090730210952/http://www.hindu.com/2009/07/27/stories/2009072760861700.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=30 July 2009|title=Parimarjan Negi wins Politiken Cup  |date=27 July 2009|work=[[The Hindu]]|access-date=2009-07-27}}</ref> and the 6th IGB [[Tan Chin Nam|Dato' Arthur Tan]] Malaysia Open in [[Kuala Lumpur]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Mihajlova|first=Diana|title=Parimarjan in Paris – portrait of a young super-talent|url=http://en.chessbase.com/post/parimarjan-in-paris-portrait-of-a-young-super-talent|publisher=ChessBase|access-date=1 November 2015|date=2009-09-11}}</ref>
-Parimarjan Negi won the 48th [[Indian Chess Championship|National Premier Chess Championship]] on 22 December 2010 in New Delhi.<ref>{{cite web|title=Parimarjan Negi Wins India Premier Championship|url=http://players.chessdom.com/parimarjan-negi/india-national-premier-chess-championship-2010|publisher=Chessdom|access-date=8 January 2016|date=2010-12-22}}</ref>
+Parimarjan Negi won the 48th [[Indian Chess Championship|National Premier Chess Championship]] on 22 December 2010 in New Delhi.<ref>{{cite web|title=Parimarjan Negi Wins India Premier Championship|url=http://players.chessdom.com/parimarjan-negi/india-national-premier-chess-championship-2010|publisher=Chessdom|access-date=8 January 2016|date=2010-12-22|archive-date=22 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210122132216/http://players.chessdom.com/parimarjan-negi/india-national-premier-chess-championship-2010|url-status=dead}}</ref>
-In 2012 Negi has won the 11th [[Asian Chess Championship]] held in [[Ho Chi Minh City]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thehindu.com/sport/other-sports/article3415913.ece |title=Parimarjan Negi |website=[[The Hindu]] |access-date=2012-05-15}}</ref> He tied for first place in the [[Cappelle-la-Grande Open]] in 2012 and 2013. In 2013, he also won the Politiken Cup for the second time.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.thehindu.com/sport/other-sports/parimarjan-negi-wins-regains-politiken-cup-in-style/article4988892.ece |title=Parimarjan Negi |website=[[The Hindu]] |date=4 August 2013 |access-date=2013-08-13|last1=Rao |first1=Rakesh }}</ref>
+In 2012 Negi won the 11th [[Asian Chess Championship]] held in [[Ho Chi Minh City]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thehindu.com/sport/other-sports/article3415913.ece |title=Parimarjan Negi |website=[[The Hindu]] |access-date=2012-05-15 |archive-date=2 February 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140202234312/http://www.thehindu.com/sport/other-sports/article3415913.ece |url-status=live }}</ref> He tied for first place in the [[Cappelle-la-Grande Open]] in 2012 and 2013. In 2013, he also won the Politiken Cup for the second time.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.thehindu.com/sport/other-sports/parimarjan-negi-wins-regains-politiken-cup-in-style/article4988892.ece |title=Parimarjan Negi |website=[[The Hindu]] |date=4 August 2013 |access-date=2013-08-13 |last1=Rao |first1=Rakesh |archive-date=6 August 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130806072935/http://www.thehindu.com/sport/other-sports/parimarjan-negi-wins-regains-politiken-cup-in-style/article4988892.ece |url-status=live }}</ref>
-By 2017 he was retired from chess.<ref>[https://chessbase.in/news/parimarjan-negi-in-stanford/ Why did Parimarjan Negi quit chess?], [[Chessbase]] India, 11/08/2017</ref>
+By 2017 he had retired from chess.<ref>[https://chessbase.in/news/parimarjan-negi-in-stanford/ Why did Parimarjan Negi quit chess?] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210715003353/https://chessbase.in/news/parimarjan-negi-in-stanford/ |date=15 July 2021 }}, [[Chessbase]] India, 11/08/2017</ref>
 ==Books==
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 ==Personal life==
-Parimarjan Negi attended school at [[Amity International School]] in New Delhi. He then graduated from [[Stanford University]] as a Mathematics major in 2018. He is currently{{when|date=July 2021}} a PhD student at the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory at [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]] (MIT), a private research university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States.
+Parimarjan Negi attended school at Amity International School in New Delhi. He then graduated from [[Stanford University]] as a Mathematics major in 2018. {{As of|2021|7|post=,}} he is a PhD student at the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory at the [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]] (MIT).
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v t e Indian grandmasters
There are 67 people from India who have been awarded the title of Grandmaster by FIDE
Abhijeet Gupta Abhijit Kunte Akshayraj Kore Ankit Rajpara Arjun Erigaisi Aryan Chopra Baskaran Adhiban Chithambaram Aravindh Deep Sengupta Dibyendu Barua Diptayan Ghosh G. Akash Geetha Narayanan Gopal Gukesh D Harika Dronavalli J. Deepan Chakkravarthy Karthikeyan Murali Koneru Humpy Krishnan Sasikiran Leon Luke Mendonca M. R. Lalith Babu Magesh Chandran Panchanathan Nihal Sarin P. Iniyan Parimarjan Negi Pentala Harikrishna Pravin Thipsay Ramachandran Ramesh Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa S. L. Narayanan S. P. Sethuraman Sahaj Grover Sandipan Chanda Srinath Narayanan Sriram Jha Stany G.A. Subramanian Arun Prasad Surya Shekhar Ganguly Swapnil Dhopade Vidit Gujrathi Viswanathan Anand
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