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Himanshu Sharma (chess player)

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Himanshu Sharma
CountryIndia
Born (1983-09-16) September 16, 1983 (age 40)
Rohtak, India
TitleGrandmaster (2017)[1]
Peak rating2514 (August 2017)

Himanshu Sharma is an Indian chess grandmaster.

Career

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In April 2017, he crossed the 2500 rating mark after scoring a win in the fifth round of the 1st Sardar Prakash Singh Memorial. With this, he became India's 47th grandmaster and the first grandmaster from the province of Haryana.[2]

In July 2017, he won the Barbera Del Valles Open, finishing half a point ahead of runner-up Karen H. Grigoryan. This was his first Open tournament win outside of India[3]

In June 2022, he was one of the bearers of the Chess Olympiad torch.[4]

References

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  1. ^ "FIDE Title Application (GM)" (PDF).
  2. ^ Shah, Sagar (April 19, 2017). "Himanshu Sharma is India's 47th GM and Haryana's first!".
  3. ^ Jain, Niklesh (July 17, 2017). "GM Himanshu Sharma bags top prize at the Barbera Del Valles Open".
  4. ^ Ahmed, Shahid (June 25, 2022). "Himanshu Sharma passes the Chess Olympiad Torch to Prithu Gupta".
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