Aryan Chopra (born 10 December 2001) is an Indian

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who became a grandmaster (GM) in 2016, at the age of 14 years, 9 months and 3 days. The title was officially awarded by

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in 2017. He became the second youngest Indian to become Grandmaster, after

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Chess career

Chopra began playing chess at the age of six after an accident left him temporarily house-bound. Chopra achieved his first grandmaster

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at the 2015

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where he remained unbeaten. He earned his second GM norm at the 35th Zalakaros Open in May 2016 by putting up a strong performance and defeating multiple grandmasters. Chopra earned his third and final GM norm on 29 August 2016 when he defeated GM Samvel Ter-Sahakyan of

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with black pieces in the final round of the Abu Dhabi Chess Championship Masters Tournament . He was officially awarded the title in March 2017. He was part of the world team that convincingly beat the US team 30.5-17.5 in the 2017 Match of the Millennials held in

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. He played in the under-17 section and scored 3.5/6 to help the world team win the section 19-13. Chopra Aryan 2017 Abu Dhabi 1

Chopra finished third in the 2017 Abu Dhabi Chess Masters tournament, behind winner Amin Bassem and runner-up

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. 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

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of Georgia with black pieces.

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Aryan Chopra
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