Aaryan Varshney

Aaryan began learning chess at the age of 7 from his single father Gaurav, who served as his primary trainer. Prior to becoming a Grandmaster, Aaryan never attended any chess academies and did not work with coaches, or books.^[3]

In December 2025, he won the Bhilwara Rating Open with a perfect score of 9/9, which was 1.5 points ahead of the rest of the field.^[4]

In January 2026, he won the Andranik Margaryan Memorial after drawing against grandmaster Jegor Lashkin in the final round. He also became India’s 92nd Grandmaster through this result.^[5]