Aditya Mittal (chess player)

Aditya Mittal is an Indian chess grandmaster.

Aditya Mittal
CountryIndia
Born (2006-09-19) September 19, 2006 (age 18)
Mehrauli, India
TitleGrandmaster (2023)[1]
FIDE ratingTemplate:Elo rating Template:Elo rating
Peak rating2577 (August 2023)

Chess careerEdit

Aditya began playing chess at five years old.[2]

Aditya played in the Aimchess Rapid tournament of the Champions Chess Tour 2022, where he managed to score wins against Arjun Erigaisi, Vincent Keymer, and Nils Grandelius.

In December 2022, Aditya became India's 77th grandmaster by drawing against Francisco Vallejo Pons during the Ellobregat Open tournament in Spain, which caused his live rating to surpass 2500.[3]

In July 2023, Aditya won the Astana Zhuldyzdary Open tournament, finishing ahead of Alexander Moiseenko, Evgeny Alekseev, and Ramazan Zhalmakhanov.[4]

ReferencesEdit

  1. "FIDE Title Application (GM)" (PDF).
  2. Ghosh, Himank (2022-12-22). "Mumbai gets its 2nd Chess Grandmaster, Aditya Mittal". ChessBase. Retrieved 2023-08-15.
  3. "Aditya Mittal becomes India's 77th GM". The Times of India. December 6, 2022. Retrieved 2023-08-15.
  4. Ahmed, Shahid (2023-07-24). "Aditya Mittal victorious at Astana Zhuldyzdary Open 2023". ChessBase. Retrieved 2023-08-15.

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