Abhimanyu Puranik
_(cropped).jpg) Abhimanyu Puranik in 2020 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 11 February 2000 |
| Chess career | |
| Country | India |
| Title | Grandmaster (2017) |
| FIDE rating | 2629 (July 2026) |
| Peak rating | 2652 (November 2024) |
| Ranking | No. 97 (July 2026) |
| Peak ranking | No. 79 (November 2024) |
Abhimanyu Samir Puranik (Marathi: अभिमन्यु पुराणिक; born 11 February 2000, Mumbai) is an Indian chess grandmaster (GM, 2017).[1]
Career
[edit]In 2016 and 2018, Puranik scored 5.5 points out of 9 in the main tournament of the Isle of Man Open chess festival.[2] 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.[3] Then in July 2019, he took 2nd place in the Bienne chess festival open tournament.[4]
In 2018, Puranik was runner-up at the World Junior Chess Championship.[5] In 2021, with the Indian team, he won the Asian Students Team Championship.[6]
In 2021, in Riga Puranik won the rapid chess tournament at the festival Riga Technical University Open.[7]
In October 2019, in Isle of Man Puranik finished 105th in the FIDE Grand Swiss Tournament.[8]
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.[9]
For his success in tournaments, the FIDE awarded Abhimanyu Puranik the title of International Master (IM) in 2015 and International Grandmaster (GM) in 2017.[10]
References
[edit]- ↑ "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
[edit]- 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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