Raunak Sadhwani (born 22 December 2005) is an Indian
chess grandmaster
Grandmaster (GM) is a title awarded to chess players by the world chess organization FIDE. Apart from World Champion, Grandmaster is the highest title a chess player can attain. Once achieved, the title is held for life, though exceptionally the t ...
. A
chess prodigy
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, he became a grandmaster at the age of 13. He is the 10th youngest player in history and the 4th youngest Indian to be awarded the title as of December 2023.
Raunak was U-10 Commonwealth Champion in 2015 in
New Delhi
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, India.
At the
44th Chess Olympiad
The 44th Chess Olympiad was an international team chess event organised by the FIDE, International Chess Federation (FIDE) in Chennai, India, from 28 July to 10 August 2022. It consisted of two main tournaments—an Open event, enabling partic ...
held in 2022 he was part of the second team from India that reached the third place in the open tournament.
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2005 births
Living people
Indian chess players
Chess Grandmasters
Sportspeople from Nagpur
Indian Sindhi people
Chess Olympiad competitors
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