Himanshu Sharma (chess player)

Himanshu Sharma is an Indian chess grandmaster.

In this Indian name, the name Sharma is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by the given name, Himanshu.
Himanshu Sharma
CountryIndia
Born (1983-09-16) September 16, 1983
Rohtak, India
TitleGrandmaster (2017)[1]
Peak rating2514 (August 2017)

Career

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
  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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