Pentala Harikrishna
GM
FIDE World Rank
21
age
38
age became grandmaster
15
residence
India
2004 World Junior Champion, 2011 Asian Individual Champion
Pentala
FIDE ID # 5007003
Pentala Harikrishna is an Indian chess player. He became a grandmaster in September 2001. He was Commonwealth Champion in 2001, World Junior Champion in 2004, and Asian Individual Champion in 2011.
Pentala won the Tata Steel Group B in 2012 and the Biel MTO Masters Tournament Open event in 2013. He represented India at seven Chess Olympiads from 2000 to 2012 and won team Bronze at the World Team Chess Championships in 2010. At the Asian Team Championships, Pentala won team gold once, team silver twice and individual bronze once.
