Vidit Gujrathi is an Indian chess player born on October 24, 1994. He has achieved great success in the chess world, becoming the youngest Indian to reach the title of Grandmaster in 2012. He has won numerous awards and titles, including the Commonwealth Chess Championship in 2013 and the World Junior Chess Championship in 2015. He has an estimated net worth of $1 million and is currently ranked as the second highest rated Indian chess player. He is also a member of the Indian national team and has represented India in several international tournaments.
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Indian chess player, gold medalist and social media personality. In 2013, he received the title of Grandmaster at age 19, which is the highest title a chess player can be awarded. He became only the 30th chess player from India to be awarded the Grandmaster title.
He attended school at the Fravashi Academy, where he learned how to play chess. At age 14, he won the U-14 division at the World Youth Chess Championship, becoming the first Indian chess player to do so.
During the 2020 FIDE Online Chess Olympiad, he won a gold medal while serving as captain of the Indian National Chess team.
He was born in Indore, India, where he lived with his parents, Santosh Gujrathi and Nikita Santosh Gujrathi, as well as his younger sister named Vedika.
He was born the same year as the international chess prodigy Anish Giri.