Abhimanyu Puranik

Abhimanyu Puranik
Abhimanyu Puranik in 2020
CountryIndia
Born (2000-02-11) 11 February 2000 (age 24)
Mumbai, India
TitleGrandmaster (2017)
FIDE rating2646 (December 2024)
Peak rating2652 (November 2024)
RankingNo. 86 (December 2024)
Peak rankingNo. 79 (November 2024)

Abhimanyu Samir Puranik (Marathi: अभिमन्यु पुराणिक; born 11 February 2000, Mumbai) is an Indian chess grandmaster (GM, 2017).[1]

Career

In 2016 and 2018, Abhimanyu Puranik scored 5.5 points out of 9 in the main tournament of the Isle of Man Open chess festival.[2] In January 2019, he shared 1st-4th place at the IIFL Wealth Mumbai Open international chess tournament with 7 points out of 9 and finished third in the tie-break.[3] Then in July 2019, he took 2nd place in the Bienne chess festival open tournament.[4]

In 2018, Abhimanyu Puranik was runner-up at the World Junior Chess Championship.[5] In 2021, with the Indian team, he won the Asian Students Team Championship.[6]

In 2021, in Riga Abhimanyu Puranik won the rapid chess tournament at the festival Riga Technical University Open.[7]

In October 2019, in Isle of Man Abhimanyu Puranik finished 105th in the FIDE Grand Swiss Tournament.[8]

Abhimanyu Puranik was silver medalist of the Bangladesh Team Championship 2021 with the Shaheen Chess Club, also became the best player on the second board at the tournament, scoring 8 out of 10 possible points.[9]

For his success in tournaments, the FIDE awarded Abhimanyu Puranik the title of International Master (IM) in 2015 and International Grandmaster (GM) in 2017.[10]

References

  1. ^ "Puranik, Abhimanyu". International Chess Federation. Retrieved 14 December 2024.
  2. ^ chess.com Isle of Man International 2018
  3. ^ The Week in Chess 1261
  4. ^ 52nd Biel Chess Festival 2019
  5. ^ GM Abhimanyu Puranik bags Silver in World Junior Chess
  6. ^ Pune: Grandmaster Abhimanyu Puranik Wins Gold Medal
  7. ^ Puranik wins rapid chess title as Indians dominate in Riga
  8. ^ FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss 2019
  9. ^ The Pride of Pune: Abhimanyu Puranik
  10. ^ Shah, Sagar (2017). "India gets its 49th grandmaster - Abhimanyu Puranik!". ChessBase.