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{{Infobox chess player<br />
| name = Abhimanyu Puranik<br />
| image = Abhimanyu Puranik (2020) (cropped).jpg<br />
| caption = Abhimanyu Puranik in 2020<br />
| country = [[India]]<br />
| birth_date ={{birth date and age|2000|2|11|df=y}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Mumbai]], [[India]]<br />
| title = [[Grandmaster (chess)|Grandmaster]] (2017)<br />
| peakrating = 2652 (November 2024)<br />
| peakranking = No. 79 (November 2024)<br />
| FideID = 5061245<br />
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'''Abhimanyu Samir Puranik''' ({{langx|mr|अभिमन्यु पुराणिक}}; born 11 February 2000, [[Mumbai]]) is an Indian [[chess grandmaster]] (GM, 2017).<ref>{{cite web |title=Puranik, Abhimanyu |url=https://ratings.fide.com/profile/5061245 |publisher=International Chess Federation |access-date=14 December 2024}}</ref><br />
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== Career ==<br />
In 2016 and 2018, Puranik scored 5.5 points out of 9 in the main tournament of the ''Isle of Man Open'' chess festival.<ref>[https://theweekinchess.com/chessnews/events/chess.com-isle-of-man-international-2018 chess.com Isle of Man International 2018]</ref> In January 2019, he shared 1st-4th place at the IIFL Wealth Mumbai Open international chess tournament with 7 points out of 9 and finished third in the tie-break.<ref>[https://theweekinchess.com/html/twic1261.html#5 The Week in Chess 1261]</ref> Then in July 2019, he took 2nd place in the ''Bienne chess festival'' open tournament.<ref>[https://theweekinchess.com/chessnews/events/52nd-biel-chess-festival-2019 52nd Biel Chess Festival 2019]</ref><br />
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In 2018, Puranik was runner-up at the [[World Junior Chess Championship]].<ref>[https://aicf.in/abhimanyu-puranik-bags-silver-in-world-junior-chess/ GM Abhimanyu Puranik bags Silver in World Junior Chess]</ref> In 2021, with the Indian team, he won the Asian Students Team Championship.<ref>[https://www.punekarnews.in/pune-grandmaster-abhimanyu-puranik-wins-gold-medal/ Pune: Grandmaster Abhimanyu Puranik Wins Gold Medal]</ref><br />
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In 2021, in [[Riga]] Puranik won the rapid chess tournament at the festival ''[[Riga Technical University Open]]''.<ref>[https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/chess/puranik-wins-rapid-chess-title-as-indians-dominate-in-riga/articleshow/85188740.cms Puranik wins rapid chess title as Indians dominate in Riga]</ref><br />
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In October 2019, in [[Isle of Man]] Puranik finished 105th in the ''[[FIDE Grand Swiss Tournament 2019|FIDE Grand Swiss Tournament]]''.<ref>[https://chess-results.com/tnr478041.aspx?lan=11&art=4&turdet=YES&flag=30&zeilen=99999 FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss 2019]</ref><br />
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Puranik was silver medalist of the Bangladesh Team Championship 2021 with the ''Shaheen Chess Club'', also became the best player on the second board at the tournament, scoring 8 out of 10 possible points.<ref>[https://chessbase.in/news/The-story-of-Abhimanyu-Puranik- The Pride of Pune: Abhimanyu Puranik]</ref><br />
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For his success in tournaments, the [[FIDE]] awarded Abhimanyu Puranik the title of International Master (IM) in 2015 and International Grandmaster (GM) in 2017.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Shah |first1=Sagar |title=India gets its 49th grandmaster - Abhimanyu Puranik! |url=https://www.chessbase.in/news/49th-gm-of-india-abhimanyu-puranik/ |publisher=[[ChessBase]] |date=2017}}</ref><br />
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