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{{Infobox chess player<br />
|name = Bharath Subramaniyam<br />
|image = Bharathchesser (cropped).jpg<br />
|caption = Bharath at a chess tournament <br />
|country = [[India]]<br />
|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|2007|10|17}}<br />
|birth_place = [[Chennai]], India<br />
|title = [[Grandmaster (chess)|Grandmaster]] (2022)<br />
|peakrating = 2599 (May 2026)<br />
|FideID = 46634827<br />
}}<br />
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'''Bharath Subramaniyam''' (born 17 October 2007) is an Indian [[chess]] [[Grandmaster (chess)|grandmaster]] (GM).<br />
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==Chess career==<br />
Bharath learned chess at the age of five from his father, Harishankkar. Starting in 2014, he attended the Chess Gurukul school in Chennai, having GM [[Ramachandran Ramesh]] as his main teacher. In January 2020, Bharath was selected for a special training camp sponsored by Microsense Networks and conducted by former world champion GM [[Vladimir Kramnik]] and former world chess challenger GM [[Boris Gelfand]]. <br />
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He completed his 3rd IM norm in June 2019 at the age of 11 years and 8 months.<ref>[https://www.chessbase.in/news/Bharath-Subramaniyam-becomes-an-IM-at-the-age-of-11-years-and-8-months Bharath Subramaniyam - IM at the age of 11 years and 8 months] on ''chessbase.india''</ref> The title was officially ratified by [[FIDE]] in September of the same year.<ref>[http://ratings.fide.com/title_applications.phtml?details=1&id=46634827&title=IM&pb=57 3rd quarter PB 2019, 7-8 September, Budapest, HUN] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240310165252/http://ratings.fide.com/title_applications.phtml?details=1&id=46634827&title=IM&pb=57 |date=10 March 2024 }}, on ''ratings.fide.com''</ref><br />
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In January 2022, Bharath earned his third and final GM norm to become India's 73rd grandmaster at the age of 14 by scoring 7.5/9 at the Vergani Cup Open in Cattolica, Italy, and raising his live rating above 2500.<ref>{{citation|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/sports/others/bharath-subramaniyam-becomes-india-s-73rd-chess-gm-101641782965910.html|title=Bharath Subramaniyam becomes India's 73rd chess GM|publisher=[[Hindustan Times]]|date=10 January 2022|access-date=10 January 2022}}</ref><ref>{{citation|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/chess/viswanathan-anand-lauds-bharath-subramaniyam-as-teenager-becomes-indias-73rd-grandmaster/articleshow/88802115.cms|title=Viswanathan Anand lauds Bharath Subramaniyam as teenager becomes India's 73rd Grandmaster|work=[[The Times of India]]|date=10 January 2022|access-date=10 January 2022}}</ref> <br />
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==Main results==<br />
* 2015 – in August he wins at [[Suwon]] (Korea) the Asian Youth Championship in the Under-8 section.<ref>[https://chess-results.com/tnr182643.aspx?lan=16&art=4&turdet=YES&flag=30 Asian Youth Chess Championship-2015 (Under-8)] on ''chess-results.com''</ref><br /> In November he wins the [[World Youth Chess Championship|World Youth Championship Under-8]] at [[Porto Carras]] in Greece with 9,5/ 11;<ref>[https://chess-results.com/tnr187418.aspx?lan=16&art=4&turdet=YES&flag=30 World Youth Ch 2015 - Open under 08] on ''chess-results.com''</ref> <br />
* 2017 – in August he places 4th in the World Youth Championship Under-10 at [[Poços de Caldas]] in Brazil.<ref><br />
[https://chess-results.com/tnr295098.aspx?lan=16&art=4&turdet=YES&flag=30 World Cadets Chess Championship 2017 U10] on ''chess-results.com''</ref><br />
* 2019 – in January he places 4th in the [[blitz chess|blitz]] section of the [[Roquetas de Mar]] Chess Festival. <br />
* 2019 - In June he achieves his final IM norm in Goa open and becomes International master.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.chessbase.in/news/Bharath-Subramaniyam-becomes-an-IM-at-the-age-of-11-years-and-8-months|title = Bharath Subramaniyam - IM at the age of 11 years and 8 months - ChessBase India|date = 13 July 2019}}</ref><br />
* 2020 – in February he places 11th at the [[Aeroflot Open]] in Moscow with 5,5/ 9, ahead of 54 [[Chess Grandmaster|Grandmasters]]<ref>He won with four Grandmasters: [[Gabriel Sargissian]], [[Maksim Chigaev]], [[Zhou Jianchao]] and [[Mikhail Antipov]].</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/chess/aeroflot-open-bharath-subramaniyam-posts-creditable-win-sp-sethuraman-held-to-draw/articleshow/74254065.cms |title=Bharath Subramaniyam posts win over GM Gabriel Sargissian (Elo 2689)|publisher= [[Times of India]]|date= 20 February 2020|access-date= 15 August 2020}}</ref> and getting his first GM norm with a rating performance greater than 2700.<ref>[https://chess-results.com/tnr508930.aspx?lan=16&art=4 Final Standings of Aeroflot Open-A, 2020] on ''chess-results.com''</ref><br />
* 2021 – in October he is placed 4th (tied for 3rd) at the Junior Roundtable Under 21 tournament in Bulgaria with 6.5/9. He made his 2nd GM norm.<ref>[http://chess-results.com/tnr571844.aspx?lan=1&art=1&rd=9&flag=30 Final standings in Junior Under 21, Bulgaria] on ''chess-results.com''</ref><br />
* 2024 - in Feb won the Cannes chess open held in France. <br />
* 2025 – in July he won the 53rd [[World Open chess tournament]] held at Philadelphia and won the first prize of $20500 becoming the youngest ever to win the tournament at 17 years. <br />
* 2025 - In December he won the VIth Elllobregat open chess tournament held in Spain and won the first prize of 5000 Euros with a rating performance of ELO 2685. <ref>[https://s3.chess-results.com/tnr1149162.aspx?lan=1&art=1&rd=10&turdet=YES&flag=30&SNode=S0 Final standings in Group A Ellobregat open, Spain] on ''chess-results.com''</ref><br />
* 2025 - In December he tied for the 1st place in Wroclaw chess festival in Poland. <ref> [https://s2.chess-results.com/tnr1255357.aspx?lan=1&art=4&turdet=YES&flag=30&SNode=S0 Final standings in Open A Wroclaw chess festival, Poland] on ''chess-results.com''</ref><br />
* 2026 - In April he was the joint winner in the Atlantic City Chess open in USA with a rating performance of 2660. <ref> [https://chessevents.com/event/atlanticcity/2026/standings/open Final standings in Atlantic city chess open 2026] on ''chessevents.com'' </ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* {{fide|id=46634827}}<br />
* {{chessgames player|160614}}<br />
* [https://www.365chess.com/players/Subramaniyam_H_Bharath Bharath Subramaniyam] chess games at 365Chess.com<br />
* [https://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/chennai/2024/Mar/02/young-chess-star-sizzles-at-cannes Bharath wins Cannes Chess open 2024]<br />
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKrJBkbX-iM&t=0s Bharath Subramaniyam stuns GM Zhou Jianchao at Aeroflot Open 2020] ([[YouTube]])<br />
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VEeoG-c3PXE This 12-year-old IM will floor you with his clarity of thinking and erudition] ([[YouTube]])<br />
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