GM Vidit Santosh Gujrathi
Indian Chess Grandmaster, FIDE rating 2711, as on March 2019, (Peak rating 2723), is the 4th Indian ever to cross 2700 rating. He is currently the 3rd highest rated player of India behind Vishwanathan Anand (2779) and Pentala Harikrishna (2730). He is ranked 34th in the World.
Born: 24 October 1994
GM title: 2013
Openings: White - Queen's pawn game, Slav, Queen's gambit declined, Queen's Indian, Catalan, Gruenfeld. With Black pieces - Sicilian, Ruy Lopez, Caro-Kann, Queen's pawn game, Queen's gambit declined, Gruenfeld.
His best performance was top position in Tata Steel Challengers Tournament given in the table below:
Tata Steel Challengers 2018
| Player | Score | Results |
|---|---|---|
| Vidit Santosh Gujrathi | 9/13 | +5 -0 =8 |
| Jeffery Xiong | 7.5/13 | +3 -1 =9 |
| Jorden van Foreest | 7.5/13 | +4 -2 =7 |
| Dmitry Gordievsky | 7.5/13 | +4 -2 =7 |
| Anton Korobov | 8/13 | +5 -2 =6 |
| Bassem Amin | 7.5/13 | +4 -2 =7 |
| Matthias Bluebaum | 6.5/13 | +3 -3 =7 |
| Erwin L'Ami | 6/13 | +0 -1 =12 |
| Benjamin Bok | 6/13 | +1 -2 =10 |
| Aryan Tari | 6/13 | +2 -3 =8 |
| Lucas van Foreest | 5.5/13 | +3 -5 =5 |
| Michal Vladimirovich Krasenkow | 5.5/13 | +1 -3 =9 |
| Dronavalli Harika | 5/13 | +0 -3 =10 |
| Olga Girya | 3.5/13 | +1 -7 =5 |
Some of his notable games are given below:
Carlsen and Gujrathi at Isle of Man. Magnus looks unhappy that he didn’t get any advantage in this game while Vidit appears confident of a draw. Note: The rules do not allow a draw to be agreed by players before move 30.