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Abhimanyu Puranik
Abhimanyu Puranik (2020) (cropped).jpg
Abhimanyu Puranik in 2020
CountryIndia
Born (2000-02-11) 11 February 2000 (age 26)
Mumbai, India
TitleGrandmaster (2017)
FIDE rating2629 (September 2026)
Peak rating2652 (November 2024)
Peak rankingNo. 79 (November 2024)

Abhimanyu Samir Puranik (Marathi: अभिमन्यु पुराणिक; born 11 February 2000, Mumbai) is an Indian chess grandmaster (GM, 2017).[1]

Career[edit | edit source]

In 2016 and 2018, Puranik scored 5.5 points out of 9 in the main tournament of the Isle of Man Open chess festival.[2] In January 2019, he shared 1st-4th place at the IIFL Wealth Mumbai Open international chess tournament with 7 points out of 9 and finished third in the tie-break.[3] Then in July 2019, he took 2nd place in the Bienne chess festival open tournament.[4]

In 2018, Puranik was runner-up at the World Junior Chess Championship.[5] In 2021, with the Indian team, he won the Asian Students Team Championship.[6]

In 2021, in Riga Puranik won the rapid chess tournament at the festival Riga Technical University Open.[7]

In October 2019, in Isle of Man Puranik finished 105th in the FIDE Grand Swiss Tournament.[8]

Puranik was silver medalist of the Bangladesh Team Championship 2021 with the Shaheen Chess Club, also became the best player on the second board at the tournament, scoring 8 out of 10 possible points.[9]

For his success in tournaments, the FIDE awarded Abhimanyu Puranik the title of International Master (IM) in 2015 and International Grandmaster (GM) in 2017.[10]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ "Puranik, Abhimanyu". International Chess Federation. Retrieved 14 December 2024.
  2. ↑ chess.com Isle of Man International 2018
  3. ↑ The Week in Chess 1261
  4. ↑ 52nd Biel Chess Festival 2019
  5. ↑ GM Abhimanyu Puranik bags Silver in World Junior Chess
  6. ↑ Pune: Grandmaster Abhimanyu Puranik Wins Gold Medal
  7. ↑ Puranik wins rapid chess title as Indians dominate in Riga
  8. ↑ FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss 2019
  9. ↑ The Pride of Pune: Abhimanyu Puranik
  10. ↑ Shah, Sagar (2017). "India gets its 49th grandmaster - Abhimanyu Puranik!". ChessBase.

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