Pendyala Harikrishna

About Pendyala Harikrishna

Pendyala Harikrishna (born May 10, 1986) is a chess player from Guntur, Andhra Pradesh, India. Harikrishna became the youngest grandmaster from India on September 12, 2001. As of January 2016, he is ranked No. 2 in India (behind ex-world champion Viswanathan Anand) and No. 14 in the world.

Career Summary:

• 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 4½–3½ in the final.
  
• As of early 2012, GM Harikrishna is playing first board for chess club Eppingen in Chess Bundesliga, and he is a member of Spanish chess club Solvay since 2007 (first board). Harikrishna is also the first board for BPCL A team, which has won PSPB Inter Unit Chess Tournaments in 2010 and 2011.In international team competition, Harikrishna has represented the Indian team in six Chess Olympiads since 2000.
  
• In May 2011 he won the Asian Chess Championship.In January 2012 he won group B of the Tata Steel Chess Tournament. This result qualifies him to participate in the A group in 2013, considered one of the strongest tournaments each year.
  
• As a debutant in A group of the Tata Steel Chess Tournament in January 2013 Harikrishna finished in the first half (7th place) and reached an Elo rating of over 2700.
  
• In August 2013 he won Biel chess tournament (Masters Open Tournament) with 8½/11 and the Biel Rapid Tournament with 7½/9.
  
• In June 2015, he won the 10th Edmonton International Chess Festival with a score of 7.5/9 (+6,-0,=3), including a 5/5 start.
  
• Away from chess, Harikrishna is majoring in political science, sociology, and public administration at DR. B. R. Ambedkar Open University (Andhra Pradesh Open University).
  
• He is also employed at Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd. in Hyderabad from June 2010.
  

Pendyala Harikrishna Achievements

National achievements:

• Under-8 Palakkad, Kerala, 1993, Gold.
  
• Under-10 Kozhikode, Kerala, 1994, Bronze.
  
• Under-10 Madurai Tamil Nadu, 1995, Silver.
  
• Under-10 New Delhi, 1995/95, Gold.
  
• Under-12 Kozhikode, Kerala, 1996, Gold.
  
• Under-12 rapid Kozhikode, Kerala, 1996, Gold.
  
• Under-12 rapid Chennai, Tamil Nadu,1997, Gold.
  
• Under-15 Bikaner Rajasthan, 1998, Gold.
  
• Under-19 Kozhikode, Kerala, 1998, Bronze.
  
• Under-12 Ahmedabad, Gujarat, 1998, Gold.
  
• Under-18 Bikaner Rajasthan, 1998, Gold.
  
• Under-15 Aurangabad, Maharasthra, 1998, Gold.
  
• Under-14 rapid Guntur, Andhra Pradesh, 1998, Gold.
  
• Under-14 Howrah, West Bengal 1999, Gold.
  
• All India Open FIDE rated tournament, Kochi, 1999, Gold.
  
• Tal Chess FIDE rated tournament, Kozhikode, Kerala, 1999, Gold.
  
• International Chess tournament, Aurangabad, Maharasthra, 1999, Bronze.
  

International achievements:

• World under-10 championship, 1996, Menorca (Spain), Gold.
  
• World under-12 rapid championship, 1996, Paris, Silver.
  
• Asian Chess Championship, 1998. Iran, Bronze.
  
• Children's Olympiad, 1998, Istanbul, Gold.
  
• Commonwealth Chess Championship, 1999, Bikaner, Gold.
  
• Asian Youth Chess Championship, 1999, Ahmedabad, Gold (under-14).
  
• Commonwealth championship, 2000, Sangli, Gold (under-18).
  
• India's youngest International Master, 2000.
  
• Asian under-14 Chess Championship, 2000, Tehran, 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.
  
• 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.
  
• World Youth Chess Championship, 2002, Iraklio (Greece), Bronze (under-18).
  
• Hastings International Chess Congress, 2002/03, Silver.
  
• Asian Team Chess Championship, 2003, Jodhpur India, Team Silver.
  
• Commonwealth championship, 2003, Mumbai, Gold (under-18).
  
• Smith & Williamson British Chess Championship, 2003, Edinburgh, Silver & British under-21 Champion.
  
• Abu Dhabi Chess Festival, 2003, Abu Dhabi, Silver.
  
• Sharjah International Chess Festival, 2003, Sharjah United Arab Emirates, Silver.
  
• Asian Zonal Chess Championship, 2004, Bangladesh, Silver.
  
• Commonwealth championship, 2004, Mumbai, Gold (under-20).
  
• Gibraltar Masters Chess Tournament, 2004, Gibraltar, Bronze.
  
• Dubai Open Chess Championship, 2004, Dubai, Silver.
  
• Abu Dhabi International Tournament, 2004, Abu Dhabi, Silver.
  
• Pune Super Grand Masters Tournament, 2004, Pune India (Maharashtra), Bronze.
  
• World Junior Champion, 2004, Kochi, Gold.
  
• Bermuda International Invitational Tournament, 2005, Shared First with Boris Gelfand.
  
• HB Global Chess Challenge Tournament, 2005, Minneapolis USA, Silver.
  
• Tiayuan Chess Tournament (FIDE Category 15) in China on 20 July 2005, Clear First.
  
• Ordix Open Rapid Tournament, 2005, Germany, Silver.
  
• Spanish Team Chess Championship, 2005, Spain, Team Gold (first board player).
  
• 9th Essent Tournament Hoogeveen, 2005, Clear First.
  
• Chess World Cup, 2005, Russia, III Round.
  
• Pamplona International Tournament, 2005, Shared Second with Ivan Cheparinov.
  
• Reykjavík Open, 2006, Shared First.
  
• Four Nations Chess League (4NCL), 2006, England, Team Silver.
  
• Asian Games (classical game)team, 2006, Doha, Gold.
  
• 4th Marx Gyorgy Memorial tournament in Hungary, 2006, clear First.
  
• Beats Arkady Naiditsch in Mainz, 2006 to become Chess960 World Junior Champion.
  
• Carlos Torre Repetto Memorial knock out tournament, 2007, second (lost to Vassily Ivanchuk in tie-break).
  
• Montreal International, 2007, Montreal, third place (after Vassily Ivanchuk and Sergei Tiviakov).
  
• Reggio Emilia chess tournament, 2007, shared second place.
  
• Spice Cup Tournament, 2008, USA, Gold.
  
• Nancy closed chess tournament, 2009, Nancy, France, Gold.
  
• Chigorin Memorial (blitz), 2009, St Petersburg, Gold.
  
• Chigorin Memorial (classical), 2009, St Petersburg, shared second place.
  
• Asian Indoor Games (mixed blitz category), 2009, Viethnam, Bronze.
  
• Asian Team Chess Championship, 2009, Kolkata, Gold.
  
• World Team Chess Championship, 2009, Turkey, Bronze.
  
• New York Open, 2010, New York,USA, Gold.
  
• World Open chess tournament, 2010, Valley Forge, USA, shared second place.
  
• Chicago Open, 2011, Chicago, USA, shared second place.
  
• Asian Continental Individual Chess Championship, 2011, Iran, Gold.
  
• World Open chess tournament, 2011, Philadelphia, USA, shared third place.
  
• Won the Group B of the Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2012 in Wijk aan Zee.
  
• Won Cappelle-la-Grande Open 2012.
  
• Won Biel chess tournament (Masters Open Tournament) 2013.
  
• Asian Blitz Chess Championship, 2014, Sharjah, UAE, silver.
  
• Biel chess tournament Grandmasters Tournament, 2014, Biel, Switzerland, bronze.
  
• Won 10th Edmonton International Chess Festival, 2015, Edmonton, Canada.
  
• Member of the winning team of the Spanish League 2015, Solvay, along with teammates Baskaran Adhiban, Surya Shekhar Ganguly, Aleksander Delchev, Sergio Cacho Reigadas, Jesus Maria De La Villa Garcia, and Elizbar Ubilava.
  
• Won the PokerStars Isle of Man International Chess Tournament 2015, Isle of Man, UK.
  

Team Results:

• Chess Bundesliga triple Champion 2007,2008 and 2009 with chess club Baden-Baden.
  
• Silver medal with chess club Baden-Baden 2008 in European Chess Club Cup, Kallithea, Greece.
  
• Greek league Champion 2008 and Bronze medal 2013 with chess club Kavala.
  
• Bronze in Russian league 2008 with chess club Elara.
  
• Silver in Spanish league 2006 with chess club Cuna de Dragones.
  
• Champion of Bosna and Hercegovina with chess club Bosna in 2009.
  
• Champion of China Chess League 2008/09 with chess club Shangai.
  
• Asian Nations Chess Cup May 2012, Zaozhuang, Shandong province, China, silver medal with Indian team, and individual silver medal on board 4 in Blitz.
  
• Spanish Team Chess Championship, November 2012, León, Spain, as a member of C.A. Solvay scored 4½/7 points on the first board; team finished second and qualified for European Club Cup.
  
• Bronze with Chess Club Kavala at Greek team Championship 2014  and silver in Greek Chess Cup 2014 
  
• Champion of Turkish Super League 2014 with chess club Istanbul Technical University 
  
• Silver medal with Czech club G-Team Novy Bor and individual gold medal on the 3rd board at the European Chess Club Cup 2014 in Bilbao, Spain