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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Indian chess grandmaster (born 1995)}}<br />
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{{Infobox chess player<br />
|image = MhamalAnurag2017.jpg<br />
|caption = Mhamal in 2017<br />
| country = [[India]]<br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1995|4|28}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Panaji]], India<br />
| title = [[Grandmaster (chess)|Grandmaster]] (2017)<ref name="FIDEGM">{{cite web|url=https://ratings.fide.com/crt/main225653.pdf|title=FIDE Title Application (GM)}}</ref><br />
| peakrating = 2504 (March 2019)<br />
| FideID = 5024366<br />
}}<br />
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'''Anurag Mhamal''' is an Indian [[chess]] grandmaster.<br />
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==Career==<br />
Mhamal learned chess from his father Arvind Mhamal and trained under Akash Thakur.<ref name="im"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/chess/anurag-mhamal-the-unlikely-grandmaster/articleshow/59720996.cms|title=Anurag Mhamal : The unlikely grandmaster|date=23 July 2017|first=Paresh|last=Mokani}}</ref><br />
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In 2012, Mhamal became the first IM from the state of Goa after achieving his final IM norm at the International Open at Albena in Bulgaria.<ref name="im">{{cite web|url=https://aicf.in/anurag-mhamal-becomes-goas-first-im/|title=Anurag Mhamal becomes Goa's first IM}}</ref><br />
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Mhamal won gold at the 2013 Asian Junior Blitz Chess Championship in Sharjah, UAE.{{citation needed|date=July 2025}}<br />
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In October 2014, Mhamal defeated grandmaster [[Robin van Kampen]] in an upset in the [[World Junior Chess Championship]]s.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sportskeeda.com/chess/chess-mhamal-shocks-van-kampen|title=Anurag Mhamal upsets Robin van Kampen in World Junior Chess championship|date=13 October 2014}}</ref><br />
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In July 2016, Mhamal got his final GM norm at Czech Open 2016 Pardubice.<ref name="FIDEGM"/><br />
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In July 2017, Mhamal crossed the 2500 rating mark after defeating Romeo-Sorin Milu in the fifth round of the XXXVII Benasque International Open in Spain, becoming the first GM from the state of Goa and India's 48th Grandmaster.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.chessbase.in/news/48th-gm-from-india-anurag-mhamal/|title=Breaking news: Anurag Mhamal is India's 48th grandmaster|date=11 July 2017|first=Sagar|last=Shah}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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{{Indian grandmasters}}<br />
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[[Category:1995 births]]<br />
[[Category:Chess Grandmasters]]<br />
[[Category:Sportspeople from Goa]]<br />
[[Category:People from Panaji]]<br />
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