Pendyala Harikrishna
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Indian chess player
Key facts
- Born
- ( 1986-05-10 ) 10 May 1986 (age 40) , Guntur , Andhra Pradesh, India
- Country
- India
- Title
- Grandmaster (2001)
- Fide rating
- 2676 (June 2026)
- Peak rating
- 2770 (December 2016)
- Ranking
- No. 44 (June 2026)
- Peak ranking
- No. 10 (November 2016)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- India
- Place of birth
- Guntur
- Occupation
- chess player
- Award
- Arjuna Award
- Participant in
- 43rd Chess Olympiad
- Sport
- chess
- Country for sport
- India
- Image
- PentalaHarikrishna13.jpg
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- Elo rating
- 2704
- Commons category
- Pentala Harikrishna
- date of birth
- 1986-05-10
- title of chess person
- International Master
- name in native language
- పెండ్యాల హరికృష్ణ
- social media followers
- 29670
- ranking
- 32
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Encyclopedic overview
Pentala Harikrishna (born 10 May 1986) is an Indian chess grandmaster. He achieved a peak world ranking of 10 in November 2016, and a peak Elo rating of 2770 in December 2016.
On 17 August 2001, he became the youngest Indian to attain the title of grandmaster, a record which was subsequently held by Koneru Humpy, Parimarjan Negi, Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu and Gukesh Dommaraju in that order. He was Commonwealth Champion in 2001, World Junior Champion in 2004, and Asian Individual Champion in 2011.
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