Pentala Harikrishna

Pentala Harikrishna (born May 10, 1986) is a chess player from Andhra Pradesh, India. He is rated third amongst the top Indian players ranking next to Viswanathan Anand & Krishnan Sasikiran. 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]

[edit] 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.
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
9th Essent Tournament Hoogeveen, 2005, Clear First
Bermuda Invitational Tournament, 2005, Shared First with Boris Gelfand
Pamplona International Tournament, 2005, Shared Second with Ivan Cheparinov
Reykjavik Open, 2006, Shared FIRST.
4th Marx Gyorgy Memorial tournament in Hungary, 2006, clear FIRST.
Ordix Open (Rapid chess) - Shared Third.
Beats A.Naidistch in Mainz to become Chess960 World Junior Champion.