Pendyala Harikrishna
Pentala Harikrishna (Telugu: పెంటేల హరికృష్ణ; born May 10, 1986) is a chess player from Guntur, Andhra Pradesh, India. Harikrishna became the youngest grandmaster from India in 2001. He is No. 3 in India after Viswanathan Anand & Krishnan Sasikiran, No. 9 in Asia & ranked 71st in the world as per FIDE rating as on November 2011.
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] In May 2011 he won the Asian Chess Championship.[2]
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.
- 2000 Chess Olympiad, Istanbul, First Grandmaster (GM) norm.
- Corus tournament, 2001, Wijk aan Zee, Second GM norm.[3]
- 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.
- Hastings International Chess Congress, 2001/02, tied for 1st-3rd.[4]
- World Junior Champion, 2004.[5]
- Tiayuan Chess Tournament (FIDE Category 15) in China on 20 July 2005, Clear First.[6]
- 9th Essent Tournament Hoogeveen, 2005, Clear First.[7]
- Bermuda Invitational Tournament, 2005, Shared First with Boris Gelfand.[8]
- Pamplona International Tournament, 2005, Shared Second with Ivan Cheparinov.[9]
- Reykjavik Open, 2006, Shared First.[10]
- 4th Marx Gyorgy Memorial tournament in Hungary, 2006, clear First.[11]
- Ordix Open 2006 (Rapid chess) - Shared Third.[12]
- Beats Arkady Naiditsch in Mainz, 2006 to become Chess960 World Junior Champion.[13]
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
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1986-05-10 |
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Guntur, Andhra Pradesh, India |
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