Aryan Chopra
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.jpg) Chopra in 2025 French League | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | (2001-12-10) 10 December 2001 (age 24) |
| Chess career | |
| Country | India |
| Title | Grandmaster (2016) |
| FIDE rating | 2637 (April 2026) |
| Peak rating | 2641 (August 2023) |
| Ranking | No. 84 (April 2026) |
| Peak ranking | No. 84 (April 2026) |
Aryan Chopra (born 10 December 2001) is an Indian chess prodigy who became a grandmaster (GM) in 2016, at the age of 14 years, 9 months and 3 days. The title was officially awarded by FIDE in 2017. He became the second youngest Indian to become Grandmaster, after Parimarjan Negi.[1][2]
Before 2020
Chopra began playing chess at the age of six after an accident left him temporarily house-bound.[3][4][5]
Chopra achieved his first grandmaster norm at the 2015 Riga Technical University Open where he remained unbeaten.[6][7] He earned his second GM norm at the 35th Zalakaros Open in May 2016 by putting up a strong performance and defeating multiple grandmasters.[8] Chopra earned his third and final GM norm on 29 August 2016 when he defeated GM Samvel Ter-Sahakyan of Armenia with black pieces in the final round of the Abu Dhabi Chess Championship Masters Tournament .[9] He was officially awarded the title in March 2017.[10]
He was a part of the world team that convincingly beat the US team 30.5-17.5 in the 2017 Match of the Millennials held in St. Louis. He played in the under-17 section and scored 3.5/6 to help the world team win the section 19-13.[11]
Chopra finished third in the 2017 Abu Dhabi Chess Masters tournament, behind winner Amin Bassem and runner-up Nigel Short. He beat multiple grandmasters and gained 22 elo points on his way to scoring 6.5/9 points. He ended the tournament with a notable victory over GM Levan Pantsulaia of Georgia with black pieces.[12][13]
In 2018, he was part of the Indian team that won the IND-CHN Summit match. [14]
2020 - Present
Aryan finished 11th in the Gibraltar Open Chess Tournament in 2020, with a 2709 rating performance.[15]
In 2022, he finished Fagernes with 7 points out of 9, tied for first with Krishnan Sasikiran. He ended up placing 2nd on tie-breakers. [16] He was the runner-up at Menorca Open behind Gukesh and he also placed second at the Serbia Masters with a rating performance of 2730. [17][18]
In 2023, he tied for first at Menorca Open with 7/9 points, but finished 4th on tie-break. [19] He followed that up with a runner-up finish at Biel Masters 2023, behind Bu Xiangzhi.[20]
He finished 5th at Menorca Open 2024, with a rating performance of 2733. He was a part of the Romanian League winning Vados Arad team in 2024, and won the individual gold for his board (board 2) as well.[21] His Vados Arad team also won the Bronze medal in the European Club Cup in 2024. [22]
He finished as a runner-up behind Alexey Sarana in the 2025 Aktobe Open. [23]
References
- ↑ "Aryan Chopra; New Grandmaster from Delhi – Delhi Chess Association". Archived from the original on 21 September 2016. Retrieved 17 September 2016.
- ↑ "Delhi's Aryan Chopra becomes chess Grandmaster at 14". The Times of India. 2 September 2016. Retrieved 17 September 2016.
- ↑ Anmol Arora (21 July 2011). "At the start of a chequered career, Aryan learning to balance success". The Indian Express. Retrieved 17 September 2016.
- ↑ Mohammad Amin-ul Islam (1 August 2011). "Chess prodigy Aryan Chopra is aiming for stars". The Times of India. Retrieved 17 September 2016.
- ↑ "Delhi chess prodigy looks upto Carlsen". The Times of India. PTI. 27 May 2010. Retrieved 17 September 2016.
- ↑ "Delhi boy Aryan Chopra turns IM at 13". The Times of India. 20 August 2015.
- ↑ "chess results".
- ↑ "fide database".
- ↑ "Aryan Chopra scores his final norm". 2 September 2016.
- ↑ "List of titles approved by the Presidential Board by written resolution". FIDE. 3 March 2017. Archived from the original on 4 March 2017. Retrieved 3 March 2017.
- ↑ "World Team dominates the Match of Millennials - ChessBase India". chessbase.in. 31 July 2017. Retrieved 15 August 2017.
- ↑ "Aryan finishes third". The Hindu. Retrieved 23 August 2017.
- ↑ "Young Aryan finishes 3rd at Abu Dhabi International Chess Festival - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 23 August 2017.
- ↑ Sahoo, Suresh Chandra (25 October 2018). "India beats China for the first time in India-China Summit". AICF.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ https://s3.chess-results.com/tnr471965.aspx?lan=1&art=1&SNode=S0
- ↑ https://fagerneschess2022.blogspot.com/
- ↑ https://s2.chess-results.com/tnr593762.aspx?lan=1&art=1&rd=7&SNode=S0
- ↑ https://s3.chess-results.com/tnr633768.aspx?lan=1&art=1&rd=9&turdet=YES&flag=30&SNode=S0
- ↑ https://s2.chess-results.com/tnr681232.aspx?lan=1&art=1&rd=9&flag=30&SNode=S0
- ↑ https://s3.chess-results.com/tnr764425.aspx?lan=1&art=1&rd=10&SNode=S0
- ↑ https://www.chessbase.in/news/Aryan-Chopra-and-Leon-Luke-Mendonca-clinch-Romania-Team-Championship-Superliga-2024-for-Vados-IFB-Finwest-Arad
- ↑ https://chessbase.in/news/39th-European-Chess-Club-Open-and-28th-European-Chess-Club-Women-2024-Round-7-report
- ↑ https://www.chessbase.in/news/Alexey-Sarana-clear-first-at-Aktobe-Open-2025-Masters-Aryan-Chopra-second
External links
- Aryan Chopra rating card at FIDE
- Aryan Chopra player profile and games at Chessgames.com
- Aryan Chopra chess games at 365Chess.com
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