Harshit Raja | |
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![]() Raja Harshit in Grenke Chess Open 2019 | |
Country | India |
Born | Pune, Maharashtra, India | April 3, 2001
Title | Grandmaster (2022) |
FIDE rating | 2477 (June 2024) |
Peak rating | 2522 (August 2023) |
Harshit Raja (born 2001) is a chess grandmaster from Pune, India. He became India's 69th Grandmaster on 2021, at the age of 20. [1]
In 2014, Raja finished 2nd in the National Chess Championship U13 taking place in Jamshedpur, and won the School Games Federation of India's National School Games, taking place in Tamil Nadu. [2] In 2015, he participated in the World Youth Chess Championship finishing 15th. [3] Raja became an International Master in 2017. He received the Shiv Chhatrapati Award in 2019. [4] He met all the requirements for the title of Grandmaster in 2021, becoming India's 69th Grandmaster. [5]
As of 2020, Raja has been studying at the Trulaske College of Business of University of Missouri. [6]