Parimarjan Negi

Quick Facts

Full Name	Parimarjan Negi
Occupation	Chess Player
Date Of Birth	Feb 9, 1993(1993-02-09)
Age	31
Country	India
Horoscope	Aquarius

Parimarjan Negi Biography

Parimarjan Negi is one of the most popular and richest Chess Player who was born on February 9, 1993 in India. Indian Grandmaster of chess and an ex-child prodigy.

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Parimarjan Negi won the under 10 division at the Asian Youth Chess Championship in 2002 in Tehran. He achieved his first grandmaster norm at the 2005/06 Hastings International Chess Congress. Soon after he earned his second GM norm at the 4th Parsvnath International Open Chess Tournament in Delhi. Negi earned his third and final GM norm on 1 July 2006 by drawing with Russian Grandmaster Ruslan Sherbakov at the Chelyabinsk Region Superfinal Championship in Satka, Russia, where he finished with six points from nine rounds. Negi thus became the youngest chess grandmaster ever in India, breaking Pentala Harikrishna’s record, and the second youngest ever in the world.

Negi won the strong Philadelphia International Open Tournament in June 2008 with a score of 7/9, and was undefeated. In August 2008, he finished second, behind Abhijeet Gupta, at the World Junior Chess Championship in Gazientep. In 2009 he won the Politiken Cup in Copenhagen with 8.5/10, on tiebreaks over Boris Avrukh, and the 6th IGB Dato’ Arthur Tan Malaysia Open in Kuala Lumpur.

Like many other chess players his family was supportive of his efforts to learn the game.

Parimarjan Negi Net Worth

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

He became the second-youngest Grandmaster to ever be born at 13 years of age in 2006.

He was the winner of his first Asian Continental Chess Championship in 2012.

Parimarjan Negi (born 9 February 1993) is an Indian chess grandmaster. He achieved the grandmaster title at the age of 13 years, 4 months, and 20 days, which makes him the sixth youngest grandmaster in history, behind Sergey Karjakin, Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu, and Nodirbek Abdusattorov.

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Who is Parimarjan Negi Dating?

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Parimarjan Negi attended school at Amity International School in New Delhi. He then graduated from Stanford University as a Mathematics major in 2018. He is currently a PhD student at the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), a private research university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States.

Facts & Trivia

Parimarjan Ranked on the list of most popular Chess Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in India. Parimarjan Negi celebrates birthday on February 9 of every year.

Top Facts about Parimarjan Negi

1. Parimarjan Negi is an Indian chess grandmaster.
2. He became the youngest ever Indian to achieve the title at 13 years old.
3. Negi has won numerous national and international tournaments.
4. He has represented India in multiple Chess Olympiads.
5. Negi is a prolific author of chess books and articles.
6. His highest FIDE rating was 2670 in July 2016.
7. Negi is a former World Junior Chess Champion (2008).
8. He holds the record for most GM norms achieved by an Indian player.
9. Negi is also a successful coach, having trained many young players.
10. He graduated from Stanford University with a degree in Economics.

Why did Parimarjan Negi quit chess?

For the first time in his life, Negi felt as if he had hit a ceiling—that somehow, hard work was no longer directly proportional to success. Over the next three years, his ranking oscillated between top 70 to 100 and his progress plateaued. He became discouraged and grew increasingly unenthusiastic about the game.

Who is the youngest grandmaster in India 1 point?

Detailed Solution. The correct answer is Parimarjan Negi. Among the options, Parimarjan Negi is the youngest Indian grandmaster in chess. Parimarjan Negi achieved the grandmaster title at the age of 13 years, 4 months, and 20 days.

What is Parimarjan Negi doing now?

After nine years as a Grandmaster, the second youngest in the game’s all-time list, the 22-year-old has decided to move on. Having spearheaded India to a historic first medal in the recent Chess Olympiad in Tromso, Norway, Negi is now headed to Stanford University for a four-year under-graduate course.

Who is the youngest GM in chess?

List of youngest grandmasters. Since 1950, when the Grandmaster (GM) title was introduced by FIDE, one measure of chess prodigies is the age at which they gain the GM title. Below are players who have held the record for the youngest grandmaster. The record is currently held by Abhimanyu Mishra.

Who is the youngest grandmaster in the world?

• Abhimanyu Mishra, the young Indian American prodigy has become the world’s youngest chess grandmaster (GM) ever at 12 years, 4 months, and 25 days. …
• Abhimanyu grew up in New Jersey and has been playing chess since he was 7.