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He was conferred with [[Arjuna Award]] in year 2010 by Government of India.<ref name=arjuna>{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/sport/other-sports/chess-mate/article842918.ece|date=22 October 2010|accessdate=23 December 2013|title=Chess mate|author=Upama Sinha|publisher=The Hindu}}</ref> |
He was conferred with [[Arjuna Award]] in year 2010 by Government of India.<ref name=arjuna>{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/sport/other-sports/chess-mate/article842918.ece|date=22 October 2010|accessdate=23 December 2013|title=Chess mate|author=Upama Sinha|publisher=The Hindu}}</ref> |
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Negi is no longer a professional player<ref>http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/chess/India-bank-on-Harikrishna-in-World-Team-Chess-Championship/articleshow/46967324.cms</ref>. |
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==Tournament victories== |
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| Full name | Parimarjan Negi |
| Country | India |
| Born | 9 February 1993 Uttarakhand, India |
| Title | Grandmaster (2006) |
| FIDE rating | 2612 (October 2024) |
| Peak rating | 2671 (November 2013)[1] |
Parimarjan Negi (born 9 February 1993) is a chess Grandmaster (GM) from India. In July 2005, he earned his third and final International Master norm at the Sort International open chess tournament in Sort, Spain. On 1 July 2006, at the age of 13 years and 142 days (13 years, 4 months, and 20 days), he became the second-youngest GM ever, second only to Sergey Karjakin, when he earned his third and final GM norm at the Chelyabinsk Region Superfinal Championship at Satka in Russia. His FIDE rating as of December 2012 was 2641.[2]
On 6 January 2006, he received his second GM norm at the Hastings Chess Congress where he scored 6/10, a performance of 2568. Negi finished 16th when he was 12 years, 10 months and 29 days old.
Parimarjan Negi studied in the Amity International School in New Delhi and won various tournaments there. Negi became the youngest Grandmaster in India on 1 July 2006 by drawing with Russian Grandmaster Ruslan Sherbakov and finished with six points from nine rounds of the Chelyabinsk Region Superfinal chess tournament in Satka. Negi replaces Pendyala Harikrishna as India's youngest ever GM.
He was conferred with Arjuna Award in year 2010 by Government of India.[3]
Negi is no longer a professional player[4].
Tournament victories
Negi won the strong Philadelphia International Open Tournament in June 2008 with a score of 7/9, and was undefeated.[5] In July 2009 he won the Politiken Cup tournament in Copenhagen with 8.5/10, ahead of Boris Avrukh on tiebreaks.[6]
Parimarjan Negi beat G.N. Gopal to clinch the 48th National Premier Chess Championship on December 22, 2010 in New Delhi.[7]
Negi has also won the 11th Asian continental chess championship held from May 4 to 14, 2012, in Vietnam[8] He also won the Politiken Cup, for the second time (see above), in Denmark in 2013.[9]
See also
References
- ^ http://ratings.fide.com/topfed.phtml?ina=1&country=IND
- ^ "FIDE January 2010 Rating List". ChessBase.com. December 31, 2009.
- ^ Upama Sinha (22 October 2010). "Chess mate". The Hindu. Retrieved 23 December 2013.
- ^ http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/chess/India-bank-on-Harikrishna-in-World-Team-Chess-Championship/articleshow/46967324.cms
- ^ "Sports Briefs: Negi wins title". The Telegraph. July 2, 2008.
- ^ "Parimarjan Negi wins Politiken Cup". The Hindu. July 27, 2009. Retrieved 2009-07-27.
- ^ "Pratiyogita Darpan". February 2011.
{{cite magazine}}: Cite magazine requires|magazine=(help) - ^ "Parimarjan Negi". Retrieved 2012-05-15.
- ^ "Parimarjan Negi". Retrieved 2013-08-13.
External links
- Interview with GM Parimarjan Negi by LatestChess.com, 10 June 2007
- Parimarjan Negi player profile and games at Chessgames.com
- Parimarjan Negi member profile at the Internet Chess Club
- Parimarjan Negi player profile at Chess.com
- Interview
- http://www.hindu.com/2006/07/02/stories/2006070206481600.htm
- Chessdom - Parimarjan Negi wins Delhi State blitz
- Parimarjan in Paris – portrait of a young super-talent ChessBase.com
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