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Anurag Mhamal

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Anurag Mhamal
Mhamal in 2017
CountryIndia
Born (1995-04-28) April 28, 1995 (age 29)
Panaji, India
TitleGrandmaster (2017)[1]
FIDE rating2499 (August 2024)
Peak rating2504 (March 2019)

Anurag Mhamal is an Indian chess grandmaster.

Career

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Mhamal learned chess from his father Arvind Mhamal and trained under R. B. Ramesh and Akash Thakur.[2][3]

In 2012, Mhamal became the first IM from the state of Goa after achieving his final IM norm at the International Open at Albena in Bulgaria.[2]

In October 2014, Mhamal defeated Robin van Kampen in an upset in the World Junior Chess Championships.[4]

In June 2017, Mhamal got his final GM norm at the XXVII Open Internacional de Gros 2017.[1]

In July 2017, Mhamal crossed the 2500 rating mark after defeating Romeo-Sorin Milu in the fifth round of the XXXVII Benasque International Open in Spain, becoming the first GM from the state of Goa.[5]

References

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  1. ^ a b "FIDE Title Application (GM)" (PDF).
  2. ^ a b "Anurag Mhamal becomes Goa's first IM".
  3. ^ Mokani, Paresh (July 23, 2017). "Anurag Mhamal : The unlikely grandmaster".
  4. ^ "Anurag Mhamal upsets Robin van Kampen in World Junior Chess championship". October 13, 2014.
  5. ^ Shah, Sagar (July 11, 2017). "Breaking news: Anurag Mhamal is India's 48th grandmaster".