Abhimanyu Samir Puranik (Template:Langx; born 11 February 2000, Mumbai) is an Indian chess grandmaster (GM, 2017).[1]
Career
In 2016 and 2018, Puranik scored 5.5 points out of 9 in the main tournament of the Isle of Man Open chess festival.[2] 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.[3] Then in July 2019, he took 2nd place in the Bienne chess festival open tournament.[4]
In 2018, Puranik was runner-up at the World Junior Chess Championship.[5] In 2021, with the Indian team, he won the Asian Students Team Championship.[6]
In 2021, in Riga Puranik won the rapid chess tournament at the festival Riga Technical University Open.[7]
In October 2019, in Isle of Man Puranik finished 105th in the FIDE Grand Swiss Tournament.[8]
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.[9]
For his success in tournaments, the FIDE awarded Abhimanyu Puranik the title of International Master (IM) in 2015 and International Grandmaster (GM) in 2017.[10]
References
- ↑ Puranik, Abhimanyu. International Chess Federation. Retrieved 14 December 2024.
- ↑ chess.com Isle of Man International 2018
- ↑ The Week in Chess 1261
- ↑ 52nd Biel Chess Festival 2019
- ↑ GM Abhimanyu Puranik bags Silver in World Junior Chess
- ↑ Pune: Grandmaster Abhimanyu Puranik Wins Gold Medal
- ↑ Puranik wins rapid chess title as Indians dominate in Riga
- ↑ FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss 2019
- ↑ The Pride of Pune: Abhimanyu Puranik
- ↑ India gets its 49th grandmaster - Abhimanyu Puranik!(2017).