| Abhimanyu Puranik | |
|---|---|
_(cropped).jpg) Abhimanyu Puranik in 2020 | |
| Country | India |
| Born | (2000-02-11) 11 February 2000 (age 24) Mumbai, India |
| Title | Grandmaster (2017) |
| FIDE rating | 2636 (January 2025) |
| Peak rating | 2652 (November 2024) |
| Ranking | No. 100 (January 2025) |
| Peak ranking | No. 79 (November 2024) |
Abhimanyu Samir Puranik (Marathi: अभिमन्यु पुराणिक; born 11 February 2000, Mumbai) is an Indian chess grandmaster (GM, 2017).
Career
In 2016 and 2018, Abhimanyu Puranik scored 5.5 points out of 9 in the main tournament of the Isle of Man Open chess festival. 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. Then in July 2019, he took 2nd place in the Bienne chess festival open tournament.
In 2018, Abhimanyu Puranik was runner-up at the World Junior Chess Championship. In 2021, with the Indian team, he won the Asian Students Team Championship.
In 2021, in Riga Abhimanyu Puranik won the rapid chess tournament at the festival Riga Technical University Open.
In October 2019, in Isle of Man Abhimanyu Puranik finished 105th in the FIDE Grand Swiss Tournament.
Abhimanyu 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.
For his success in tournaments, the FIDE awarded Abhimanyu Puranik the title of International Master (IM) in 2015 and International Grandmaster (GM) in 2017.
References
- "Puranik, Abhimanyu". International Chess Federation. Retrieved 14 December 2024.
- chess.com Isle of Man International 2018
- The Week in Chess 1261
- 52nd Biel Chess Festival 2019
- GM Abhimanyu Puranik bags Silver in World Junior Chess
- Pune: Grandmaster Abhimanyu Puranik Wins Gold Medal
- Puranik wins rapid chess title as Indians dominate in Riga
- FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss 2019
- The Pride of Pune: Abhimanyu Puranik
- Shah, Sagar (2017). "India gets its 49th grandmaster - Abhimanyu Puranik!". ChessBase.
External links
- Abhimanyu Puranik rating card at FIDE
- Abhimanyu Puranik player profile and games at Chessgames.com
- Abhimanyu Puranik chess games at 365Chess.com
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