| Pendyala Harikrishna | |
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| Full name | Pendyala Harikrishna |
| Country |  India |
| Born | May 10, 1986 Andhra Pradesh, India |
| Title | Grandmaster |
| FIDE rating | 2672 (No. 53 on the November 2009 FIDE ratings list) |
| Peak rating | 2686 (April 2009) |
Pendyala Harikrishna (Telugu : పెండ్యాల హరికృష్ణ) (born May 10, 1986) is a chess player from Andhra Pradesh, India. Harikrishna became the youngest grandmaster from India in 2001.
In November 2004, he won the World Junior Chess Championship. In August 2006, he won the Chess960 (Fischer Random) Junior Chess Championship, beating Arkadij Naiditsch 4.5-3.5 in the final.[1]
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Championships
- World under-10 championship, 1996, Menorca (Spain), Gold.
- World under-12 rapid championship, 1996, Paris, Silver.
- Children's Olympiad, 1998, Istanbul, Gold.
- Commonwealth championship, 2000, Sangli, Gold (under-18).
- India's youngest International Master, 2000.
- Asian under-14 championship, 2000, Tehran, 2000-01, Gold.
- National 'A' championship, 2000, Mumbai, Fifth.
- Asian junior championship, 2000, Mumbai, Silver.
- Chess Olympiad, 2000, Istanbul, First Grandmaster (GM) norm.
- Corus tournament, 2001, Wijk Aan Zee, Second GM norm.[2]
- National 'A' championship, 2000, New Delhi, Fifth.
- Asian junior championship, 2001, Tehran, Silver.
- Asian championship, 2001, Kolkata, Tenth; Qualified for World championship; Final GM norm.
- India's youngest GM, 2001.
- Ron Banwell MSO Masters tournament, 2001, London, Gold.
- Commonwealth championship, 2001, London, Gold.
- World Junior Champion, 2004.
- Tiayuan Chess Tournament (FIDE Category 15) in China on 20 July 2005, Clear First.[3]
- 9th Essent Tournament Hoogeveen, 2005, Clear First.[4]
- Bermuda Invitational Tournament, 2005, Shared First with Boris Gelfand.
- Pamplona International Tournament, 2005, Shared Second with Ivan Cheparinov.[5]
- Reykjavik Open, 2006, Shared First.[6]
- 4th Marx Gyorgy Memorial tournament in Hungary, 2006, clear First.[7]
- Ordix Open (Rapid chess) - Shared Third.
- Beats Arkady Naiditsch in Mainz, 2006 to become Chess960 World Junior Champion.[8]
Notable chess games
- Pentala Harikrishna vs Zhong Zhang, Premier 2002, French Defense: Normal Variation (C00), 1-0
- Pentala Harikrishna vs Liviu Dieter Nisipeanu, Pune Super GM 2004, Nimzo-Indian Defense: Classical Variation (E32), 1-0
- Pentala Harikrishna vs Xu Jun, FIDE World Championship Knockout Tournament 2004, Benoni Defense: Taimanov Variation (A67), 1-0
- Pentala Harikrishna vs Leinier Dominguez-Perez, Bermuda 2005, Caro-Kann Defense: Accelerated Panov Attack, Modern Variation (B10), 1-0
- Pentala Harikrishna vs Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, Aerosvit GM Tournament 2006, Four Knights Game: Scotch Variation, Krause Gambit (C47), 1-0
- Nigel Short vs Pentala Harikrishna, Montreal International 2007, Russian Game: French Attack (C42), 0-1
References
- ^ ChessBase.com - Chess News - Chess Classic Chess960 results, Anand and Aronian simuls
- ^ Stunning performance by Radjabov - 2001 Corus Chess Tournament - The Realm of the Citadel
- ^ Harikrishna wins title in China
- ^ ChessBase.com - Chess News - Harikrishna wins Essent Crown Group
- ^ The Week in Chess 582
- ^ Harikrishna joint-winner in Reykjavik
- ^ ChessBase.com - Chess News - Harikrishna wins György Marx Memorial
- ^ "Chess Classic: Chess960 results, Anand and Aronian simuls". ChessBase. http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=3293. Retrieved 2009-11-12.
External links
- P Harikrishna site
- FIDE rating card for P. Harikrishna
- Pendyala Harikrishna player profile at ChessGames.com
- Pendyala Harikrishna at 365Chess.com
- Lack of sponsors may force Harikrishna to quit chess
- Anand felicitates Harikrishna
- Statistics at ChessWorld.net
- Rating data
- Interview with Grandmaster P Harikrishna
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