Aarav Dengla
Indian chess grandmaster (born 2009)
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Aarav Dengla (born July 25, 2009) is an Indian chess player. He is India’s 93rd grandmaster and the third from Mumbai, Maharashtra.[2][3] His classical live rating stands at 2506.
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | July 25, 2009 Mumbai, India |
| Chess career | |
| Country | India |
| Title | Grandmaster (2026)[1] |
| FIDE rating | 2506 (June 2026) |
| Peak rating | 2506 (February 2026) |
Career
He started playing rated tournaments at the age of 6. His first formal coach was Grandmaster Pravin Thipsay, and he later trained under Indian grandmaster and coach Vishnu Prasanna V.[4]
Dengla received his first GM norm in 2022 at the GM tournament in Bijeljina and in 2024 he won the Grand Paris Masters Championship, the youngest to do so.[5] He won gold at the FIDE Worlds School Rapid and Blitz 2024.[6][7].
He won his second GM norm during the Zupanja Celebrates the Chess GM-Norm Round Robin in Croatia in 2025.[citation needed]
The third and final GM norm for Dengla came when he won the GM Mix Bijeljina and GM norm Round Robin Tournament consecutively in Bosnia and Herzegovina.[8][9]