Biography

 

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Born on 10th May 1986 in Vinjanam Padu near Prakasam Dist, A P.t-harikrishna-23.jpgWatching his Grand Father Tarigopula Ranga Rao and his grand father’s play, Mr Hari Krishna showing interest in Chess. Born in a agricultural family.On one day Hari Krishna showes to good move which was missed by his grand father and his opponent. Seeing his grand son’s interest late Sri Tarigopula Ranga Rao thought in the Chess game.

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Time Line
1986 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1996 1997
1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006

1986 : Born on May 10th, in a small village called Vinjanampadu (Prakasam Dist) in the state of Andhra Pradesh, India.

1989 (age 3 year) : Played the first game of chess with his grand father T Ranga Rao when he was three years old and his grand father was 52 years old.

1990 (age 4 year) : The year in which his grand father realized that he was losing more games with his grand son than winning.

1991 (age 5 year) : With the encouragement of his grand father, Harikrishna played his first tournament at Gudivada and in the same year played Under-8 State Championship in which he won the gold medal. He played a total of 10 tournaments in this year with considerable success.

1992 (age 6 year) : Played a total of 10 tournaments in this year in which the most significant was his winning the Gold Medal in both the Under-10 and Under-14 category state championship.

1993 (age 7 year) : Played a total of 14 tournaments in this year in most notable was his making a mark at the national level by winning the Gold Medal in Under-8 All India National Championship.

1994-1996 (age 8 to 10 year) : Won the Bronze, Silver and Gold Under-10 All India National Championship consecutively.

1996-1997 : Won the Gold Medal in both the Under-12 and the Rapid All India National Championship consecutively. This was also the period when Harikrishna played world championships for the first time won the World Youth Chess Festival (Gold, Spain) and the World Rapid Chess Tournament(Silver, Paris).

1998 (age 12 year) : Won the Gold Medal in Under-12, Under-14, Rapid, Under-15, Under-15 Rapid and Under-18 All India championships. Won the World Chess Olympiad (Gold, Under-16, Istanbul).

1999 (age 13 year) : Won the Gold Medal in the FIDE rated open championship held at Cochin and Calicut. This was followed by a Gold Medal at the Commonwealth and Asian Youth Chess championship (Under-14).

2000 (age 14 year) : Earned the International Master title becoming the youngest individual to earn it from India. This was followed by being an unbeaten player at the Chess Olympiad held at Istanbul.

2001 (age 15 year) : Became a world qualified Grand Master and the youngest one from India beating a record earlier held by Vishwanathan Anand, Won the Gold Medal at the Open Commonwealth Chess Championship held in England.

2002 (age 16 year) : Won the Gold Medal the Hastings International in England and a Bronze at the World Youth Chess Tournament (Under-18) at Greece.

2003 (age 17 year) : Won the Gold Medal at the Commonwealth Under-18 and the Silver at the Smith & Williamson British Chess Championship.

2004 : Won the Gold Medal at the Commonwealth Under-20 and the World Junior Chess Tournament.

2005 : Won the Gold Medal in major international tournaments like the Bermuda International (Bermuda), Taiyuan Sanjin International (China) and the Essent Chess Tournament (Netherlands). This was followed by participating in the World Cup and standing as a 3rd round player (the only other Indian player reaching this round was Vishwanathan Anand).

2006 : Won Gold in the Reykjavik Open held in Iceland and Silver in the 4 Nations Chess League held in England.

  2 Responses to “Biography”

  1. alan fichaud Says:
    September 18th, 2007 at 8:11 pm

    Hi GM HariKrishna, i dont know if you remember but i was gentleman in =
    Montreal who handed you the game score of your game with Karjakin B90 in =
    Aerosvit GM Foros(8) in 2006,where Black drew with you.I also showed you =
    my game on the piece of paper i handed to you after your last round game =
    in Montreal.I was wondering what you thought of that game(see below) in =
    which i was Black(Al Fichaud) and my opponent played 25.Qxb3 instead of =
    the move you played 25.Qc4.I was wondering what you thought of this =
    different approach to the position and the defence i put up? Would =
    appreciate your kind remarks and feedback.Thank you
    Alan Fichaud, Montreal, Canada
    afichaud@sympatico.ca

    >
    > [Event “ICCF XVII Olympiad Preliminaries - Section 02″]
    > [Site “ICCF”]
    > [Date “2006.1.10″]
    > [Round “-”]
    > [White “Cr=E3ciuneanu, Viorel”]
    > [Black “Fichaud, Alan”]
    > [Result “*”]
    > [WhiteElo “2502″]
    > [BlackElo “2333″]
    > [Board “5″]
    > [WhiteTeam “Romania”]
    > [BlackTeam “Canada”]
    >
    > 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6
    > 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.Qd2 Nbd7 9.O-O-O Be7 10.f3 O-O
    > 11.g4 b5 12.g5 b4 13.Ne2 Ne8 14.f4 a5 15.f5 a4
    > 16.Nbd4 exd4 17.Nxd4 b3 18.Kb1 bxc2+ 19.Nxc2 Bb3 20.axb3 axb3
    > 21.Na3 d5 22.Qxd5 Bxa3 23.Qxd7 Qa5 24.Qb5 Qc7 25.Qc4 Qa5
    > 26.Qxb3 Bb4 27.g6 Nd6 28.gxf7+ Kh8 29.f6 g5 30.e5 Nxf7
    > 31.Bd4 Rfc8 32.Bc4 Qa1+ 33.Kc2 Qa5 34.Rhf1 Qb5 35.Kd3 Nxe5+
    > 36.Bxe5 Qxe5 37.Qxb4 Rd8+ 38.Kc2 Qe4+ 39.Kc3 Qe5+ 40.Kc2 Qe4+
    > 41.Kc3 1/2-1/2
    > White time left: 66 days 0:00
    > Black time left: 64 days 0:00
    >
    > ICCF - The International Correspondence Chess Federation
    > www.iccf.com www.iccf-webchess.com=20

  2. Rasik S Sanghvi Says:
    January 26th, 2008 at 10:43 pm

    Dear Harikrishna:

    Waiting restlessly for the news of you becoming world champion even breaking the record of our pioneer Anand. After Arjun of Mahabharat, you and Anand have brought world class martial honor back to India.

    With best regards,
    Rasik S Sanghvi

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