GMAditya Mittal

Aditya Mittal learned the basics of chess from his older brother Vinayak before turning five. He began training in Gurgaon and moved with his family to Mumbai in 2012. At five-and-a-half, he played Viswanathan Anand in a simultaneous exhibition. He won India's under-7 championship in 2013 and later trained with coaches including Pravin Thipsay and Alexander Goloshchapov. A fall during the 2018 national under-13 championship fractured his leg and forearm and interrupted his tournament plans.

After returning to competition, Mittal earned three IM norms in consecutive events between December 2018 and February 2019. He received the international master title in 2019. At the 2022 Aimchess Rapid, he defeated Arjun Erigaisi, Vincent Keymer and Nils Grandelius. A draw with Francisco Vallejo Pons at the Ellobregat Open in December 2022 completed his GM requirements. FIDE awarded the title in 2023, and he became Mumbai's second grandmaster after Thipsay. In July 2023, he won the Astana Zhuldyzdary Open.