Raja Rithvik R
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Country | India |
Born | (2004-05-04) May 4, 2004 (age 20) Hyderabad, India |
Title | Grandmaster (2022)[1] |
FIDE rating | 2516 (August 2024) |
Peak rating | 2532 (February 2024) |
Raja Rithvik Rajavaram is an Indian chess grandmaster. He became a grandmaster at the age of 17.
Career
In June 2018, he defeated Valeriy Neverov (who was rated 200 points higher) in an upset in the fifth round of the 11th Mumbai Mayor's International Chess Tournament.[2]
In August 2021, he achieved his second GM norm after defeating Valentina Gunina at the Skalica Chess Festival and finishing in second place in the event.[3]
In September 2021, he completed all of the requirements for the Grandmaster title by surpassing the 2500 rating mark at the Vezerkepzo GM Tournament in Budapest. He became India's 70th Grandmaster.[4]
In December 2022, he won the Chessable Sunway Sitges Blitz tournament with an undefeated score of 8.5/9.[5]
In January 2023, he was leading the Rilton Cup after the fifth round.[6]
In April 2023, he was a joint leader after the fifth round of the Chessable Sunway Formentera.[7]
In March 2024, he won the silver medal in the Indian National Blitz Chess Championship, finishing behind Diptayan Ghosh in a field of over 220 players.[8]
Personal life
Raja Rithvik's parents are Srinivasa Rao Rajavaram, an Electrical Engineer, and Deepika. Srinivasa Rao is originally from Manthani in the combined Karimnagar district of Telangana. Deepika was working as a lecturer but left her job to support Raja Rithvik's chess journey. Rithvik spent his formative years in Warangal. Raja Rithvik is an engineering student at KL University in Hyderabad. [8]
References
- ^ "FIDE Title Application (GM)" (PDF).
- ^ "Mumbai Mayor's Cup chess: Raja Rithvik upsets GM Neverov Valeriy". June 6, 2018.
- ^ Ahmed, Shahid (September 6, 2021). "IM Raja Rithvik scores second GM-norm at Skalica Open, Leon finishes third in Masters".
- ^ "Raja Rithvik becomes a Grandmaster". September 19, 2021.
- ^ Ahmed, Shahid (December 20, 2022). "Raja Rithvik decimates 9th Chessable Sunway Sitges Blitz 18/12, Adhiban third".
- ^ Schulz, Andre (January 2, 2023). "Rilton Cup: Indian Grandmaster Raja Rithvik leads after five rounds".
- ^ Ahmed, Shahid (April 23, 2023). "2nd Chessable Sunway Formentera R5: Raja Rithvik and Pranav Venkatesh make it a five-way lead".
- ^ a b "Telangana's Rithvik bags silver at National Blitz Chess Championship". March 7, 2024.
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- See also: List of chess grandmasters
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- Chess in India
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