Akshayraj Kore

January 5, 2024
Chess Player

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Akshayraj Kore
Full Name Akshayraj Kore
Occupation Chess Player
Date Of Birth Sep 1, 1988(1988-09-01)
Age 36
Birthplace India
Country India
Horoscope Virgo

Akshayraj Kore Biography

Name Akshayraj Kore
Birthday Sep 1
Birth Year 1988
Place Of Birth India
Birth Country India
Birth Sign Virgo

Akshayraj Kore is one of the most popular and richest Chess Player who was born on September 1, 1988 in India, India. Indian chess master and child prodigy who became India’s 32nd Grandmaster in 2013.

He is considered a contemporary of international chess master Magnus Carlsen.

Akshayraj Kore (born 1 September 1988), is an Indian chess player and a Grandmaster. In 2006, he became Maharashtra’s youngest International Master at the time after he won the Invitational IM Norm Round Robin Chess Tournament in Luhansk, Ukraine. In February 2013, he became India’s 32nd Grandmaster.

Kore was initially coached by Narhar Venkatesh, a well known chess coach, also known as Bhausaheb Padasalgikar. He had also previously coached Swati Ghate and Bhagyashree Sathe-Thipsay, well known Indian female chess players. He won a state silver medal in the under 12 age category in 1999. In 2000, he won the State Championship. He also represented India in the under 12 World Youth Chess Championship (boys), 2000. Although seeded 49th at the start of the championship he finished in the top 10.

He learned the game watching his uncles play each other.

Akshayraj Kore Net Worth

Net Worth $5 Million
Source Of Income Chess Player
House Living in own house.

Akshayraj Kore is one of the richest Chess Player from India. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Akshayraj Kore 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He graduated with a Bachelor’s in Engineering from Pune University.

He is widely considered the greatest chess player in all of India and he won the U-16 Commonwealth Chess Championship 2003.

Kore was born on 1 September 1988 in Ahmednagar, India. Shortly thereafter his family moved to Sangli, Maharashtra, India. In 1996, his family moved to Pune. There he went to MAEER’s MIT High School and the MAEER’s MIT Junior College. He graduated in Bachelor of Engineering, Computer from Marathwada Mitramandal’s College Of Engineering University of Pune.

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Kore played a blitz qualifier for National Rapid Knockout Chess Championship in July 2006 held at the Poona Club, Pune. He won the tournament with a round to spare scoring 8 points in the first eight rounds.

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Akshayraj Ranked on the list of most popular Chess Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in India. Akshayraj Kore celebrates birthday on September 1 of every year.

He took a hiatus from chess concentrating on his Engineering studies but continued to play tournaments at irregular intervals. During this period, Kore stood joint-third in the Indian National Challengers Chess Championship, 2008. In the penultimate round he managed to beat GM Neelotpal Das from a highly inferior position, thus securing one out of nine qualifying spots for the Indian National Premier Chess Championship, 2008 with a round to spare. In the Indian National Premier Chess Championship, he beat GM Parimarjan Negi in one of the rounds.

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