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Aryan Chopra (born 10 December 2001) is an Indian chess prodigy who became a grandmaster (GM) in 2016, at the age of 14 years, 9 months and 3 days. The title was officially awarded by FIDE in 2017. He became the second youngest Indian to become Grandmaster, after Parimarjan Negi.[1][2]

Chess career

Chopra began playing chess at the age of six after an accident left him temporarily house-bound.[3][4][5]

Before 2020

Chopra achieved his first grandmaster norm at the 2015 Riga Technical University Open where he remained unbeaten.[6][7] He earned his second GM norm at the 35th Zalakaros Open in May 2016 by putting up a strong performance and defeating multiple grandmasters.[8] Chopra earned his third and final GM norm on 29 August 2016 when he defeated GM Samvel Ter-Sahakyan of Armenia with black pieces in the final round of the Abu Dhabi Chess Championship Masters Tournament .[9] He was officially awarded the title in March 2017.[10]

He was a part of the world team that convincingly beat the US team 30.5-17.5 in the 2017 Match of the Millennials held in St. Louis. He played in the under-17 section and scored 3.5/6 to help the world team win the section 19-13.[11]

Chopra(L) in 2017
Chopra(L) with Amin Bassem at the 2017 Abu Dhabi Masters

Chopra finished third in the 2017 Abu Dhabi Chess Masters tournament, behind winner Amin Bassem and runner-up Nigel Short. He beat multiple grandmasters and gained 22 elo points on his way to scoring 6.5/9 points. He ended the tournament with a notable victory over GM Levan Pantsulaia of Georgia with black pieces.[12][13]

In 2018, he was part of the Indian team that won the IND-CHN Summit match. [14]

2020 – Present

Aryan finished 11th in the Gibraltar Open Chess Tournament in 2020, with a 2709 rating performance.[15]

In 2022, he finished Fagernes with 7 points out of 9, tied for first with Krishnan Sasikiran. He ended up placing 2nd on tie-breakers. [16] He was the runner-up at Menorca Open behind Gukesh and he also placed second at the Serbia Masters with a rating performance of 2730. [17][18]

In 2023, he tied for first at Menorca Open with 7/9 points, but finished 4th on tie-break. [19] He followed that up with a runner-up finish at Biel Masters 2023, behind Bu Xiangzhi.[20]

He finished 5th at Menorca Open 2024, with a rating performance of 2733. He was a part of the Romanian League winning Vados Arad team in 2024, and won the individual gold for his board (board 2) as well.[21] His Vados Arad team also won the Bronze medal in the European Club Cup in 2024. [22]

He finished as a runner-up behind Alexey Sarana in the 2025 Aktobe Open. [23]

References

  1. ^ “Aryan Chopra; New Grandmaster from Delhi – Delhi Chess Association”. Archived from the original on 21 September 2016. Retrieved 17 September 2016.
  2. ^ “Delhi’s Aryan Chopra becomes chess Grandmaster at 14”. The Times of India. 2 September 2016. Retrieved 17 September 2016.
  3. ^ Anmol Arora (21 July 2011). “At the start of a chequered career, Aryan learning to balance success”. The Indian Express. Retrieved 17 September 2016.
  4. ^ Mohammad Amin-ul Islam (1 August 2011). “Chess prodigy Aryan Chopra is aiming for stars”. The Times of India. Retrieved 17 September 2016.
  5. ^ “Delhi chess prodigy looks upto Carlsen”. The Times of India. PTI. 27 May 2010. Retrieved 17 September 2016.
  6. ^ “Delhi boy Aryan Chopra turns IM at 13”. The Times of India. 20 August 2015.
  7. ^ “chess results”.
  8. ^ “fide database”.
  9. ^ “Aryan Chopra scores his final norm”. 2 September 2016.
  10. ^ “List of titles approved by the Presidential Board by written resolution”. FIDE. 3 March 2017. Archived from the original on 4 March 2017. Retrieved 3 March 2017.
  11. ^ “World Team dominates the Match of Millennials – ChessBase India”. chessbase.in. 31 July 2017. Retrieved 15 August 2017.
  12. ^ “Aryan finishes third”. The Hindu. Retrieved 23 August 2017.
  13. ^ “Young Aryan finishes 3rd at Abu Dhabi International Chess Festival – Times of India”. The Times of India. Retrieved 23 August 2017.
  14. ^ Sahoo, Suresh Chandra (25 October 2018). “India beats China for the first time in India-China Summit”. AICF.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  15. ^ https://s3.chess-results.com/tnr471965.aspx?lan=1&art=1&SNode=S0
  16. ^ https://fagerneschess2022.blogspot.com/
  17. ^ https://s2.chess-results.com/tnr593762.aspx?lan=1&art=1&rd=7&SNode=S0
  18. ^ https://s3.chess-results.com/tnr633768.aspx?lan=1&art=1&rd=9&turdet=YES&flag=30&SNode=S0
  19. ^ https://s2.chess-results.com/tnr681232.aspx?lan=1&art=1&rd=9&flag=30&SNode=S0
  20. ^ https://s3.chess-results.com/tnr764425.aspx?lan=1&art=1&rd=10&SNode=S0
  21. ^ https://www.chessbase.in/news/Aryan-Chopra-and-Leon-Luke-Mendonca-clinch-Romania-Team-Championship-Superliga-2024-for-Vados-IFB-Finwest-Arad
  22. ^ https://chessbase.in/news/39th-European-Chess-Club-Open-and-28th-European-Chess-Club-Women-2024-Round-7-report
  23. ^ https://www.chessbase.in/news/Alexey-Sarana-clear-first-at-Aktobe-Open-2025-Masters-Aryan-Chopra-second