Swayams Mishra

Swayams Mishra is an Indian chess grandmaster.

In this Indian name, the name Mishra is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by the given name, Swayams.
Swayams Mishra
CountryIndia
Born (1992-08-13) August 13, 1992
Cuttack, India
TitleGrandmaster (2019)[1]
FIDE rating2456 (June 2024)
Peak rating2493 (June 2019)

Career

In May 2018, he tied for second place in the Llucmajor Open with a score of 6.5/9.[2]

In May 2019, he became India's 62nd Grandmaster after defeating Antoni Kozak at the Polonia Wroclaw GM round robin tournament, also winning the tournament with a score of 7/9.[3]

Personal life

He got an engineering degree from the KIIT University in Bhubaneswar.[3] He is also a chess coach; one of his students became the youngest International Master in his age group in January 2024.[4]

References
  1. "FIDE Title Application (GM)" (PDF).
  2. Shah, Sagar (May 24, 2018). "Swayams Mishra and Prithu Gupta shine at the Llucmajor Open 2018 in Mallorca".
  3. Shah, Sagar (May 6, 2019). "Swayams Mishra - India's 62nd GM, accomplished trainer and an IT Engineer".
  4. "Chess: 12-year-old sensation Ethan becomes youngest IM, sets eyes on GM title". January 5, 2024.
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