Bharath Subramaniyam (born 17 October 2007) is an Indian

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holding the title of grandmaster. He learned chess at the age of five years from his father Harishankkar. Starting from 2014, he attended the "Chess Gurukul" school in Chennai, having GM

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as his main teacher. From, March 2019, Bharath also started attending training sessions by GM Alexander Goloshchapov. The sessions were useful in improving his positional play and helped him to reach his norms faster. In January 2020, Bharath was selected for a special training camp sponsored by Microsense networks conducted by former World champion GM

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and former World chess challenger GM

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. Bharath is currently training with Indian chess Grandmaster Shyam Sundar. He completed his 3rd IM norm in June 2019, at the age of 11 years and 8 months. The title was officially ratified by

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in September of the same year. In January 2022 Bharath earned his third and final GM norm to become India's 73rd grandmaster at the age of 14, by scoring 7.5/9 at the Vergani Cup Open in Cattolica, Italy, and raising his live rating above 2500. As of May 29th 2022, he is the youngest Indian grandmaster.

Main results

* 2015 – in August he wins at

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(Korea) the Asian Youth Championship in the Under-8 section.
In November he wins the World Youth Championship Under-8 at

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in Greece with 9,5/ 11; * 2017 – in August he places 4th in the World Youth Championship Under-10 at Pocos de Caldas in Brazil. * 2019 – in January he places 4th in the

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Chess Festival. * 2019 - In June he achieves his final IM norm in Goa open and becomes International master. * 2020 – in February he places 11th at the

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in Moscow with 5,5/ 9, ahead of 54 Grandmasters and getting his first GM norm with a rating performance greater than 2700. * 2021 – in October he is placed 4th(tied for 3rd) at the Junior Rountable Under 21 tournament in Bulgaria with 6.5/9. He made his 2nd GM norm.Final standings in Junior Under 21, Bulgaria
on ''chess-results.com''

References

External links

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Bharath Subramaniyam
chess games at 365Chess.com
Bharath Subramaniyam stuns GM Zhou Jianchao at Aeroflot Open 2020
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